Code of the Hills
Chris Offutt
"Janice drove slowly to avoid jostling the plastic containers of food on the floor behind her seat."
"Janice drove slowly to avoid jostling the plastic containers of food on the floor behind her seat."
"A dizzy spell has me now in its grip. I can’t focus on what’s in front of me, my mind still stuck between two places. What just happened to me?"
"The bonfire is burning brightly now, its heart molten gold."
"Four days until Christmas."
"She has a plan. And it has to work. It has to. It’s gonna be fun, she tells herself. It’s also gonna be terrifying."
"And on the pedal street guitar, ladies and gentlemen, the one and only, Mister Eddie Lang!"
"She could feel the damp evening winds coming in through the cracks around the windowpanes."
"A young girl and a band of little gangsters, unaware of the fragility of their age."
"Betsy had watched only one episode of The Cutting Board and was not impressed"
"Who is this woman, and why is she so important?"
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