The Good Son
You-jeong Jeong
"The smell of blood woke me."
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Cult X
Fuminori Nakamura
"The wind began to blow gently, causing the windows of the sitting room to rattle as if in pain."
The Odds
Amelia Gray
"At dinner, she ordered the meat loaf smothered in gravy with a side of sliced bologna and turtle cheesecake and ate it all grimly."
Broken Places
Tracy Clark
"Chicago cops had to be on the lookout for any number of nefarious mopes eager to take a potshot, but this morning my biggest enemy was turning out to be the scorching rays of the summer sun."
Young Man, I Think You're Dying
Joan Fleming
"Pizzas! He adjusted his expression to one of disgust and contempt, but lovingly, in the manner of an artist, he picked up the sliced onion and arranged it down the pastry in a straight professional line next to the sliced tomato."
Shelter in Place
Nora Roberts
"For everyone touched by the violence that day, it would never be over."
A Million Drops
Victor del Árbol, translated by Lisa Dillman
"The landscape took on a certain density after the rain, the colors of the forest seeming deeper."
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