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36 Righteous Men

Steven Pressfield

"The term Acela Corridor refers to the run of states, cities, and municipalities between Boston and Washington, D.C., that lie along the route of the high-speed train service, the Amtrak Acela."


A Step so Grave

Catriona McPherson

"Hugh, cloaked in righteous indignation as well as a measure of true sorrow for Lady Love’s demise and his usual desire to see fair play, was happy to go along with the plan."


House of Brides

Jane Cockram

"Have you been in this part of the country before?” the taxi driver asked as we approached Barnsley for the first time."


Arroyo

Chip Jacobs

"Ask Nick the place for Saturday night culture, and he’d tell you it was Clune’s Theater before you completed the question."


Curious Toys

Elizabeth Hand

"There he was again, smoking a cigar in front of the Infant Incubators."


A Lush and Seething Hell

John Hornor Jacobs

"In Springfield, they check into their hotel, an aging Holiday Inn off the interstate."


How Beautiful They Were

Boston Teran

"Who am I? It is a question Nathaniel the actor asked himself with every new character he was to play."


Masses and Motets

Jeffrey DeShell

"Maybe this sparseness wasn’t unusual, maybe they all lived like this, with few personal possessions, with nothing to tie them down to the secular world."


The Devil’s Due

Bonnie MacBird

"The long thin wedge. I had heard Mycroft speak of it before. It was a metaphor, I suppose, for whatever he did at Whitehall."


The Fragility of Bodies

Sergio Olguín

"She didn’t like umbrellas, so Verónica went out into the rain in a black raincoat, a waterproof version of  the coat she usually wore on these cold days at the end of autumn."



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