Jesus works a series of doubles at the only checkout counter that’s ever open, the one where the flickering globular light overhead seems ever in need of repair. Jesus is just over six feet tall, making the long, burgundy, pocketed smock he wears seem prominent and absurd. The smock is unmarked, as are the paper [...]
Archive for November, 2008
The Store.
Posted in the Nine series (novel excerpts), tagged afterlife, atrophy, eternity, Jesus, surveillance on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Do Disturb.
Posted in the Nine series (novel excerpts), tagged Coma, Convalescence, DNR orders, Hospital, Pulling the Plug on November 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Contrary to her family’s expectations, Nine had made herself at home in the sterile, freakish underworld of St. Mary’s Hospital. She liked the crinkle of the accordion tubing and sacks that wheezed and sighed as often as she did. The rubbery footfalls of the nurses and the snatches of their gossip and gripes she’d gathered [...]
