EVENT ALERT: Even in Paradise launch event @ Center for Fiction!
In NYC? Join us Thurs., 4/14 @ 7 PM to celebrate the release of Even in Paradise by Elizabeth Nunez!
In NYC? Join us Thurs., 4/14 @ 7 PM to celebrate the release of Even in Paradise by Elizabeth Nunez!
Jariah feels remnants of bickering trailing behind her like afterbirth, spotting at times, or falling out uninterrupted at others . . .
We never give up being wanted . . .
I been told their words will steal my heart . . .
This was the ninth time for the week she had noticed it: a splitting migraine . . .
The lunch bell begins to ring, so we say our prayers, chewing the words up in our mouths with half-open eyes as we watch our teacher, leather belt in hand . . .
My son saw women peel their skin from their bones and burn their bodies out like cane fire before bed . . .
The Mayfair was over, the lights turned off, the bran tub emptied, the decorations taken down and locked in cupboards safely. The bouncy castle stood still, awaiting the workmen who would remove it tomorrow. The gates to the schoolyard were shut, and the sentry assumed duty. No one saw the boy in black . . .