Finished Folds (141—160)
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2She recounted. Missing one. Then she remembered Las Palabras Completas de Albucon, which numbered 17 words, not syllables, and abandoned the challenge. She cried tears of light and
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5as he turned away. "Yesterday a man came up behind me, put his hands on my shoulders, and sniffed my hair. It all fell out." She said, "Poor Ralph. I thought it was a clipper cut."
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5Papu knew it would take some improvisation because the mini mall didn't have a Shades Shack or a Hot Pretzel stand which he used to stop Talus's rampage of destruction back in 1979
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5twinkle. The dairy's a lie. The mind is a sky. And everyone's crazytoons but we try to get by. And even so, hey nonny no, that Hubble so, and welcome to the parliament.
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2defend himself with his deflector shield. The third time I tagged Dad with my laser it took his arm off. That's when Mom took the toys away and I was tried as an adult at age 5.
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1french fries. That was pretty much the end of their hopes and dreams, their careers, their family trees. Sure, some characters had to make jokes about condiments and roadkill, but
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7Then Misuke began to speak in his young baritone, in that somber, confidential way that both comforted me and tore me to shreds over the undeserved pain he had endured. In the dark
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1slaves of the vampires who owned the Montresor Bed and Breakfast. He couldn't just leave Joan and the kids. Walmart wasn't open yet. He nearly went mad but eventually clarity came.
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6Those flowers were so avid for human flesh they were salivating. TBH, I did briefly consider buying a few to clean up my contact list. Text breakups are so cold. But instead I only
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2young person of about 20 mimed offering a bowl, then folded its hands against its chest. I had no doubt he/she/other was being abused somehow by the proprietor. Its vibe seemed to
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3Istvan Glazunov glared at me as if he was about to slap me or chop me into bits. Maybe he did neither for Tauri's sake. He left without a word, and to my regret, so did Tauri.
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4"No! That's not how it goes," Uncle Cyrus told Aunt Martha. She gave him a look and left the room. As we waited for him to compose his thoughts, my cousin Jim started to tell me a
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9Leo and Amber left him standing on the porch. Apparently Death couldn't read. They had a "No Solicitation" sign by the doorbell, and "No Trespassing" signs all over the property. B
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5danced his crazy dance and smiled. "No, my peach, I am responding to your painting, just as we clutter and ruin creation with our little works and our crazy thoughts." My thoughts
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3once again upon the threshold of his 3rd dream. Dr. Sardonicus thought he had explored and journaled about this territory thoroughly already, but perhaps something crucial had been
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15Luckily he had a long and effective tongue (or so he had been told) and in a jiffy he was all spic and span and ready for the world. The bathing prohibition had been instituted
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3admiral to the end of the gangplank with his side-eye. "O vexèd Vex, such twizzlings in thy mizzens, that you should do this thing this blighted day." The eager sharks circled be
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6equanimity about his life's blood splattering forth from his loins, but just as the vizier had taught, the failure of his sight would allow him to gather his spirit, and Anna would
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3right now, or I will whoop you," said his classmate Tyressa. I did appreciate the support. In the end, Joe and Mr. Clark had to take the first-grader with desk to the principal's
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10looking at the ceiling. Are you rolling your eyes at us? Not much of a team player, are you." Any response I could think of would get me fired anyway, so I quit that damn job.