Fog in the Valley chapter three
3 Not Much of a Life “Next please,” I say and an old man comes hobbling over to the counter. He fumbles with his checkbook, setting it out in front of himself, out on the counter, spreading it open...
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4 Sense the Subtext Tonight, Joey’s house smells like sour milk and swiss cheese. Dishes are stacked in the sink and toys lay all over the floor, from one end of the house to the other. It’s not that...
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5 Acid Ears The rain falls hard. My windshield wipers strain to keep up. They make a harsh squeaking noise as they move back and forth. I switch on my blinker and move into the right hand lane and...
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6 Damn Close Tommy parks way up the road and we walk to the party, passing many cars on the street. We’re both high on coke and before we even get to the house we can hear the music. Many people are...
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7 Us With Strangers Tommy and I sit somewhere outside of Salem, maybe fifty miles out, at a rest stop. The stop is empty except for some of the semi-tucks and a single RV. I haven’t seen any movement...
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8 Shadow Self “I’m not going to lie to you,” I say, stepping back and opening up my apartment door. “Your visit tonight concerns me.” Janie cocks her head and steps inside. “What do you mean it...
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9 I Put My Dick Away And Take My Foot Off the Brake. The lights streak by me in a luminescent tempest. My stomach churns and I keep thinking that I’m about to vomit. I lean sideways and put my head...
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10 A Blue That Glows It’s night. I get out of Tommy’s car and step back. The girl pushes the passenger seat forward and also steps out of the car. She gets her foot caught on the seat belt and...
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11 Ad Noctum I step out of the bathroom stall, pulling my backpack on, and wander over to the sink and mirror. My reflection looks different than it did months ago. It looks tired and thinner, bags...
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12 Harder Night We take our seats on the train. Tommy gives me charge over one of the girls. “I’ll watch the other two,” he says and has one sit next to him, by the window, and the other sit in the...
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