schoolgirls in pantyhose sitting on bus stop benches looking tired at 13 with their raspberry lipstick. it’s hot in the sun

the waste of words continues with a stunning persistence as the waiter runs by carrying the… tray

The first three or four days at Mears-Starbuck were identical. In fact, similarity was a very dependable thing at Mears-Starbuck. The caste system was an accepted fact. There wasn’t a s...

like the fox run with the hunted and if I’m not the happiest man on earth

So I was surprised when the phone rang a couple of nights later and it was Cassie. “What are you doing, Hank?” She gave me the address, it was either Westwood or West L. A. “I have plen...

shot off his left ear then his right, and then tore off his belt buckle with hot lead, and then

there he is: not too many hangovers not too many fights with women not too many flat tires never a thought of suicide

I hear them outside: “does he always type this late?” “no, it’s very unusual.” “he shouldn’t type this

listen, man, don’t tell me about t… sent, we didn’t receive them, we are very careful with manuscrip… we bake them burn them

the goldfish sing all night with g… and the whores go down with the st… the whores go down with the stars I’m sorry, sir, we close at 4:30, besides yr mother’s neck is dirty,