A House With Good Bones

by T. Kingfisher

You are required by tradition to have the dilapidated trailer, which is generally owned by a grumpy survivalist who refuses to sell. Otherwise the residents will have nothing to complain about and will become fractious.

There aren’t many social advantages to being fat, but I’ll give it this, nobody ever thinks you’re a cat burglar.

God, there’s just so much Texas. I could handle all the other states, but Texas lengthwise really breaks you.

If there was an Olympic sport for worrying, Mom would win the gold and then give it to the silver medalist because she was afraid that they might feel bad for losing.