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She stamped her foot. She hoped the greedy thing shit for a week. She hoped it shit its awful self insideout and backward, then fell into a crack and ...more

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The gesture was so tight with rage she feared she’d snap and crack the world in two.

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Some days simply lay on you like stones.

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Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case sh...more

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I am sorry to tell you this thing. Youu are a good man, and a pretty thing. But still, you are only a man. All you have to offer the world is your ang...more

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They fight like puppies. They are young, and boys. They are full of anger and impatience. Women have less trouble with these things. It's part of what...more

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He beat you." And as I spoke the words I felt a terrible anger come together inside me. It wasn't hot and furious, as some of my flashes of temper ten...more

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I don't care whose son he is. I won't go belly-up like a timid pup. If he's fool enough to take a poke at me, I'll snap the finger clean off that does...more