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May-18-2006 20:46

...."It was a cool day and very clear. You could see a long way --
but not as far as Velma had gone."....from Farewell, My Lovely
by Raymond Chandler...

May-22-2006 23:28

It was left to Broody Mary to inform the household of the stranger's visit.
Shortly after six the next morning, she tapped at the door of Lance's room, entered and closed the door behind her.
"Don't you dare git out of bed," she said in a low voice. "No, neither of you, not till I'm gone! But yu two get dressed quick's ever you can an' come take take corpse out of my kitchen!"

Phoebe Atwood Taylor- DEATHBLOW HILL

Aug-25-2006 02:01

*Bump*

I figure we have enough newish, brilliant literate people since the last post to make this bumpworthy. Plus, I just saw this film called something like 'Bullet to the brain', based on a short story by one Tobias Wolffe, which had some of the best writing I've ever heard.

I'll mangle this because I can't find the text:

The bullet left Anders' brain, trailing behind it its comet tail of memory"