Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.

I looked at the ceiling and wished this life was over. This unhappy life that had started out so confidently. I thought I would sleep no more that night but eventually I did. In the end we always wear out our worries. That's what Wire man says.

When I was a kid I believed everything I was told, everything I read, and every dispatch sent out by my own overheated imagination. This made for more than a few sleepless nights, but it also filled the world I lived in with colors and textures I would not have traded for a lifetime of restful nights.

He removed his unvaluable valuables and dumped his shirt, pants, and skivvies into a letter slot.

Sometimes the things presented to us as choices aren't choices at all.

Mrs. Cole was a perfect democrat. She hated all kids equally.

A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.