“Melanie,” says Elroy, flashing a smile that might be alluring if I were blind. “Relax. It’s just dinner.” He plucks a long black hair from one of his facial warts. “Let’s get you a drink.”
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Bull Interviews for a China Shop
“You’re interested in the position,” he says. I begin to sweat extremely carefully.
Four Conversations Overheard At An Elementary School That Operates Like Major League Baseball
“I’ll give you Wendy Gutierrez for Jason Quince,” said Mr. Spitz. Mrs. Stevens laughed. “Dream on,” she said. “I picked up Quince straight out of first grade. Gutierrez bounced around second for what, a full year?”
In Other Words
Barry didn’t consider himself the prime mover of this divorce—he considered himself a failed failsafe. In other words, Barry felt like the shield generator on the forest moon of Endor.