They told her she was doing remarkably well. Not in those exact words, but they had been in there, scattered into a few sentences that were meant to instill some sort of hope that she could get better, that together they'd find some amazing fountain of information locked away, and she'd be better. No more meds, no more group therapy, no more delusions that she was being hunted down. It was ...
Not so much a definitive “top however many of the decade” thing as just a random list of shit I liked between 2000 and now, in no particular order. Bookwise: QUEENPIN Megan Abbott THE DISTANCE Eddie Muller BORN UNDER PUNCHES Martyn Waites OUT Natsuo Kirino RUN Douglas E. Winter KISS HER GOODBYE Allan Guthrie SHARP OBJECTS Gillian Flynn … oh and every fucking word Ray Banks has ever written, ...
... were still kicked up in the air, stilled as it reared above you. The whole thing caught the sunlight and glittered like some precious gem, enormous, frightening, just a little beautiful – In the distance, someone was screaming. -- You were gathered up by strong arms encased in steel. The metal touched your face, and you forgot to struggle or to even move as you were lifted up. You looked...
... was lit up in its traditional red and green. Next to it was the Chrysler Building, its normal white, creating a festive color scheme. The only sound was the faintest, faintest echo of a few cars in the distance and the water lapping up against the bank below. The world is quiet here, I thought to myself. We hopped down off the ledge and ran across the park, doing our best not to slip on the ...
...subordinates to bother anymore, I’ll have to concentrate on bothering you . I told you not to be too overjoyed at the prospect of my retirement.” It makes his audience laugh but even over the slight distance he can see that Laura is greatly moved by his acknowledgement. For a moment they look at each other and it’s really only them. Just like 45 years ago, on their wedding day when no...
... last Christmas's matchmaking attempts all too well. "Hulk wanted to see Santa!" the Hulk shouted, glaring at the wizard. The wizard suddenly held up his arms and started waving frantically at Steve and Tony. They weren't close enough to hear what he was saying, but his panic was fairly obvious even at a distance. "Come on, Cap," Tony said, patting Steve on the arm. "Let's go save Christmas."
...the forest was not lost on Draco; he had a sneaking suspicion that Ginny Potter could decimate him in a fair duel, and he didn’t want to test that theory. Backing away to a safe distance from the witch, who looked ready to claw his eyes out with her bare hands, Draco recalled all of his research from Banishment. As colored string materialized between them, attaching to tree branches and bushes in...
... of this type make the mistake of limiting their characters to observers, placeholders through which the audience can laugh at the author's cleverness without ever becoming emotionally involved. Bray allows us no such comfortable distance - to Cameron, this shit is real , it may well be the last thing he experiences, and he'll be damned if he lets it float by like he has the rest of his life. ...
... it was all good-natured and fun and I was really happy how things were at the moment. It was just- Yan confused me. I wanted to stay close to her and at the same time feared that I should keep a certain distance. But I wouldn’t, I knew that. It felt much too good to be close to her. Then again, she made me unsure of myself, why was that? I sat up again and got some paper and a pen out. I had...
