Sublime

He wrote of Neal as a “child of the rainbow” who bore his torment in his agonised cock.

when a man died and became redundant he would be taken up to the attic of the world.

The last time I saw him was at the summer solstice festival, where he was bare-chested for the peach pie eating contest, letting the little old biddies in town put dollar bills in his waistband. Before that, it was Layla and Caleb’s housewarming. He brought strawberry shortcake Jell-O shots. I think he consumed the entire tray himself. “It’s funny

superfluous,

Jake Valentine regarded the two intent young women dubiously, and looked at Harry. “Mr. Rutledge—” Harry gestured for him to be silent and allow the Hathaway sisters to proceed. Whether or not their attempt actually worked, he was enjoying this too much to stop them.

atavistic

Now it was time to find out how he was going to die.

He wore smart shoes crusted with mud. His shirt carried a small tear along the seam. “But you still ask,” Patch said.