When the Tides Held the Moon
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“Dios misericordioso,” I breathed.
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Me voy a morir.
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“So, we’re, uh, sure it’s safe?” I asked,
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Ernie scowled. “I’d never let Sonia step foot on a clunker.
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“You are abso-tively gonna love this,” she squeaked.
Lora Graham
She really is a child
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shaded avenue of straw huts in disrepair.
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it was the now-abandoned Igorot Village,
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When I asked why Luna Park had decided to host a commune o...
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Sonia explained that it was meant to teach Americans about “our new conquest...
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“It’s gonna be mine one day, ya see.
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When the rest of the Menagerie retires, I’ll be the next Morgan,
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with a young guy like you in the company now, we could even manage it together!
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“Dios mío. That bastard sold you to them,” I said breathlessly.
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W-what else was he supposed to do?”
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Me cago en ná!”
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Sonia dug her fists into my vest and crushed her mouth against mine so eagerly,
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her teeth nearly sliced open my lip.
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I tried to push her off—but her grip ...
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There was nothing to do but pray she’d end it soon
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It only took an extra second for her to notice I’d gone stiff as a statue.
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barullo!”
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“you are punishing yourself most cruelly for something you did not cause.
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“I cause things just by existing!” I covered my face with my hands.
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What was the point of crossing the ocean just to find a different h...
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“Si te digo la verdad
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Qué dijiste?”
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“No lo merezco.”
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“Es una locura,
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“Aw, c’mon, Em,” Eli whined. “Vaudeville’s hep right now!
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Vera contemplated the aesthetic virtues of tattoos
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“Forget it, fire breath,” Matthias said,
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“There’s room for only one tattooed freak in this show, and that’s me.”
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“Go get ‘killjoy’ tattooed across your...
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I have not kissed nor held any mer, maid, man, or otherwise, in an age,
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Any healing this water may bestow has run out,
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“Well butter my ass and call me toast,” he snorted.
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I’d accepted that physical intimacy wasn’t in the realm of things I could do. With anyone.
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pezzo di merda!”
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And we do have reason to believe it will eventually engage, don’t we Miss Kutzler?”
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“We got a new member of the company who’s taking care of the merman.
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I’ve even heard him talk to it.”
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The mystery intruder hadn’t been a goon. Or a thief. ...
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while you let us play with your pretty puttana like that’s gonna pay back the five grand I loaned you
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“Oh my God, Sam, are you all right?”
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“Stop,” he croaked. “I’m fine.”
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“Fine? You need a doctor—”
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“Oh, for Christ’s sake, get out of my sight, you useless whore!”
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“I oughta tell the world the truth about you.
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soulless devils who think nothing of watching children drown,”
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“If you had half a brain in that briny head, you’d thank me for rescui...
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