#1973 #AmericanWriters #BurningInWaterDrowningInFlame #CrucifixInADeathhand
I hear them outside: “does he always type this late?” “no, it’s very unusual.” “he shouldn’t type this
They had me in the counselor’s office in one of the back rooms of the second floor. “Let me see how you look, Chinaski.” He looked at me. “All right, Mr. Chinaski, we’d like to know whe...
you just don’t know how to do it, you know that, and you can’t do a lot of other useful things either. it’s the fault of the
sitting in a dark bedroom with 3 j… female. brown paper bags filled with trash… everywhere. is one-thirty in the afternoon.
went for a walk on Hollywood Boul… looked down and there was a large… walking beside me. his pace was exactly the same as m… we stopped at traffic signals toge…
But then it began raining again. The Stone had me out on a thing called Sunday Collection, and if you’re thinking of church, forget it. You picked up a truck at West Garage and a clipbo...
what is it about lobsters and crab… those white-pink shells that always make me hungry just looking at them there in the butcher’s display case
“What’s a guy like you doing in a place like this?” We got into my car and she told me where she lived. We stopped for a couple of big steaks, vegetables, stuff for a salad, potatoes, b...
places to hunt places to hide are getting harder to find, and pet canaries and goldfish too, did you… that?
I went with two ladies down to Venice to look for antique furniture. I parked in back of the store and went in with them.
To pacify Lydia I agreed to go to Muleshead, Utah. Her sister was camping in the mountains. The sisters actually owned much of the land. It had been inherited from their father. Glendol...
you sit on the couch with me tonight new woman. have you seen the
I kept getting letters from a lady who lived only a mile or so away. She signed them Nicole. She said she had read some of my books and liked them. I answered one of her letters and she...
I met a genius on the train today about 6 years old, he sat beside me and as the train
The drilling and squeezing continued for weeks but there was little result. When one boil vanished another would appear. I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a...