The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home
Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink
"Here is what the sea smells like."
"Here is what the sea smells like."
"I glanced back toward the double doors and realized that I’d had to buzz in because they were locked."
"'Two bottles of wine against cholera,' she said to the shop assistant."
"The phone rang again at eight."
"“The DVDs are in there. I had three made. The reels were copied in the same order in which they were shot.”"
"Jordan Russo swung the passenger door open and leapt from the moving car."
"Dear Jon (may I call you Jon?),"
"At the same time, inside a falcon mews on the sagebrush prairie outside of Saddlestring, Nate Romanowski firmly grasped a pigeon in his left hand and twisted its head with his right, producing an audible snap."
"Two motorcycles had pulled alongside them now, one on each side."
"I was marched through a foyer packed with police officers standing in groups, looking at maps and talking on phones, the seating area and a huddle of tall tables completely swamped by blue uniforms."
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