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“He fingers her stuff, her undies, a stocking. He winds it round his hand, tight silk, unwinds it, lays it back across the chair where it dangles like leg skin.”
― Blasted Things
― Blasted Things
“What follows is the first in a collection of tales, primarily of one tixie family, who recorded their exploits more than two thousand years ago. Originally written in their own language, these stories have been translated into modern English for the first time.”
― The Vultures of Doom
― The Vultures of Doom
“An eleven-year-old girl sitting on this fire escape could imagine that she was living in a tree.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“Being by such a noble lover kissed,
This one, who ne'er from me shall be divided,
Kissed me upon the mouth all palpitating.”
― The Inferno
This one, who ne'er from me shall be divided,
Kissed me upon the mouth all palpitating.”
― The Inferno
“It was important for a person not to let their body or mind become slow and dull. Oba believed it was important to learn new things. He believed it was important to grow. He thought it was important for a person to use what they had learned. That was how people grew.”
― The Pillars of Creation
― The Pillars of Creation
Desire’s 2024 Year in Books
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