It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water.

A seven-year-old girl can take only so many walks with her grandfather.

It was morning by the clock but deepest nighttime in his body.

I was unemployable when I got out of college.

I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it's a strong record of your life.

Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she'd fly

The following doodle: a girl with pigtails is bent under the weight of a gigantic boulder. Her cheeks puff out, and her rounded lips expel steam. One widening steam cloud contains the word Pressure, darkly retraced.