“Get a seat for her, put her on the tab,” I told Marty. “All right. We’ll set her up. We’re S.R.O. We’ve had to turn away 150 and it’s 30 minutes before you go on.” “I want to introduce...

the girls are coming home in their… and I sit by the window and watch. there’s a girl in a red dress driving a white car

this man sometimes forgets who he is. sometimes he thinks he’s the Pope. other times he thinks he’s a

the waste of words continues with a stunning persistence as the waiter runs by carrying the… tray

I suppose like any other boy I had one best friend in the neigh… his name was Eugene and he was big… than I was and one year older. Eugene used to whip me pretty good…

my daughter is most glorious. we are eating a takeout snack in my car in Santa Monica.

old grey-haired waitresses in cafes at night have given it up, and as I walk down sidewalks of light and look into windows

Our English teacher, Miss Gredis, was the absolute best. She was a blonde with a long sharp nose. Her nose wasn’t much good but you didn’t notice it when you looked at the rest of her. ...

the sun slides down through the sh… have a pair of black shoes and a p… brown shoes. can hardly remember the girls of m… there is numb blood pulsing throug…

and so we suck on a cigar and a beer attempting to mend the love

Markov claims I am trying to stab his soul but I’d prefer his wife. put my feet on the coffee table and he says,

I was casing next to G.G. early one morning. That’s what they called him: G.G. His actual name was George Greene. But for years he was simply called G.G. and after a while he looked lik...

they stop out front here looks as if the car is on fire the smoke blazes blue from the hoo… the motor sounds like cannon shots the car humps wildly