you shoulda been at this party, I know you hate parties but you seem to be at most of them… anyhow, I took my girl, you know her—

consistency is terrific: shark-mouth grubby interior with an almost perfect body, long blazing hair—

Tammie came by that night. She appeared to be high on uppers. “I want some champagne,” she said. Then the phone rang. It was Lydia. “I just wondered how you were doing. ...” “You know D...

she’s from Texas and weighs 103 pounds and stands before the mirror combing oceans of reddish hair

I have a saying, “the tough ones a… back.” but Vera was kinder than most, and so I was surprised when she arrived that night

I had Fridays and Saturdays off, which made Sunday the roughest day. Plus the fact that on Sunday they made me report at 3:30 p.m. instead of my usual 6:18 p.m. This Sunday I went in an...

this kid used to teach at Kansas… then they moved him out he went to a bean factory then he and his wife moved to the… she got a job and worked while

she sits up there drinking wine while her husband is at work. she puts quite

the drifting of the mind. the slow loss, the leaking away. one’s demise is not very interesti… from my bed I watch 3 birds throug… one coal black, one dark brown, th…

rose red sunlight; take it apart in the garage like a puzzle:

I began receiving letters from a girl in New York City. Her name was Mindy. She had run across a couple of my books, but the best thing about her letters was that she seldom mentioned w...

he hooked to the body hard took it well and loved to fight had seven in a row and a small fle… over one eye,

Bobby and Valerie came by and I introduced everybody around. “Valerie and I are going to take a vacation and rent rooms by the seashore in Manhattan Beach,” said Bobby. “Why don’t you g...