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March 2005

Woman and Child

Sunday, March 27, 2005

"The insinuated question was, 'Why settle for a child who breaks down all the time, when you can have a new one, who doesn't.'" --Ryan Harty, "Why the Sky Turns Red When the Sun Goes Down"

People are not what they seem in these tales of a difficult child and a grief stricken woman.


The Possibility of Zombies

Sunday, March 20, 2005

"The former owner died in the bedroom, as did the owner before her, but it's not their ghosts I worry about. It's silly, I know, but what frightens me is the possibility of zombies."
--David Sedaris, "Nuit of the Living Dead"

The dead rise, sort of, in a sinister tale from Fuentes, and a slyly funny Sedaris piece.


Mr. Woo and D.P.

Sunday, March 13, 2005

"Then he began to dawdle again, chasing ghost-like words in his small mind. Soldier. German. American."
--Kurt Vonnegut, "D.P."

James McBride, "Mr. Woo," read by Michael Genét Kurt Vonnegut, "D.P.," read by Lawrence Clayton


Coupes In Trouble

Sunday, March 06, 2005

"I know that the ruling God in Mars in benign. I wish to know how to propitiate him and gain his compassion." --R.K. Narayan, "Seventh House" Couples in trouble.