There are spiders in the corners, her mother says they are knitting Christmas stockings and must be left in peace. When they talk about her father, the room darkens. -- from Mothering

Ever since the Oklahoma bombing, the Federal center shuts down tight at 6:45 pm. Gates slam shut, locking the buildings behind the old barbed wire and new rows of concrete bunkers and razor wire. The theory is, I think, that the horror of destruction can appear only in the dark, under the unexpected moon. The reality is cloaked in catch-22's that means the ones protected are the ones hurt. And if you have to work late, you are trapped for the night. I had some work Washington wanted and some work my own boss wanted. As the two didn't coincide, I found myself trapped in the Bureau building . . . -- from Century Cross

Haller went into the alley to smoke. There was a space in his life he couldn't account for. The chain of events was broken, and he simply couldn't remember where the broken link was. How many months had passed since he had gotten out of the hospital? He couldn't remember exactly. -- from Completing The Circle

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