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Wild Life is off for the week and I also want to give other people a chance to catch up before posting, so this article is about all sorts of questions about me, about the story, about where it's going. Ask and I will answer in some way.
HERE''S THE END OF WILD LIFE
Originally, Sullivan Reardon didn’t like day care. Both his parents worked. That was just the way of it. One day his mother dropped him off at the YMCA and he cried and cried in a corner. He thought that if he cried hard enough she would show up. She did not. Mrs. Eden, the old Black woman who cared for them, came to him while he was crying on the mat and said, “If you don’t stop crying, I’ll give you...
When Dan was sent to The Experimental School, they told him he couldn’t play Malcolm X in the school play during Black History Month. “Why not?” The whole class burst out laughing. “That’s enough!” Mrs. Castaneda told them all, and then explaine...
“Goddamn, I wonder if she knows. I wonder how miserable they’ll-” Ruth Balliol came to the door, knocking lightly on the lentil. “Mom?” “Lincoln, you’ve got company.” &nb...
“So, Mason,” Dan was saying as they were sweeping up the garage, “How is Savannah doing?” “She’s good.” “She’s not still with that Bobby guy, is she?” “No.” “Good, he was an asshole.” Dan stopped and struck a pose, rubbing his chin. “So... if I gave her a call?” “Uh…” “Uh… what?” Mason looked for a way to phrase this. “You co...
Dan came into Mason’s room with the phone Wednesday morning. “I didn’t know the phone rang,” Mason said, sitting up and taking it from his uncle’s hand. “I didn’t know you were here, either,” he whispered as he turned his attention to the call and said, “Hello?” “Is this Mason Darrow?&rd...
“Guys!” Matt went down the hall into the back of the house. Mason’s door was open and Matt could hear: Many nights we prayed with no proof anyone could hear In our hearts a hoped for song we barely understood Now we are not afraid although we know there’s much to fear We were moving mountains long before we knew we could ...
“Now, I am in charge.” “In charge of what?” said Tommy. Addison began to answer that, but in the mirror he saw Tommy’s reflection grinning and said, “After eighteen years I finally realize you’re not even a fourth as stupid as you pretend to be, Dwyer.” ...
Adam Bannerjee was coming out of the washroom when he almost bumped into Dan. “I’m sorry man.” “It’s all right,” Dan brushed it aside. “Plus, I wanted to thank you. For the job and everything.” “Well,” Adam smiled, embarrassed, “it’s not like I gave it to you.” “You gave Savannah the application and you gave me the interview and… I really needed it. Not just for the money, but also to get out...
Upstairs Bonnie Metzger looked in the mirror. She was eighteen, but looked a little older, he eyes were weak because of tears and also because the mascara she usually wore was gone. She’d dyed her hair black, but that just looked ridiculous now, and she hadn’t bathed since yesterday. She could smell herself. She didn’t care. “Swain, thank you for being here.” To Swain, her friend sounded different. Her voice was lighter. Bonnie just kept running her han...
“I WISH YOU WERE COMING with us,” Sully said as Matt was getting ready to leave the Darrow house. “Yeah, Matt,” Mason joined in. “I mean, we’re only going to look at the house we’re all going to end up living in. And no parents. That’s the best part. Dad and Mom were going to come down, but they decided to do it on their own time. They’re letting us make the purchase.&r...