Sexy Nurse
As she takes your blood pressure, you casually ask her whether the new centrist government will be able to sustain broad support among an increasingly populist electorate. Her eyes flash with delight, and you spend the next three minutes chatting knowledgeably—but not obnoxiously—about the challenges facing emerging European democracies in the shadow of Russian aggression. When it’s time to summon the doctor, she lingers in the doorway for a moment, nibbling her lip seductively, and says, “You are quite well informed.” And it’s true. You are.
Forbidden Layover
You are standing at the United Airlines counter at O’Hare, having just learned that your flight is delayed three hours. The agent taps on his keyboard. He’s six-three and distractingly handsome—green-eyed, olive-skinned, and bearing an uncanny resemblance to that bad-boy tennis player, Nick something. You explain why you need to get home today: it’s your night to pick up your daughter from gymnastics, and your dog has some weird diarrhea thing but your wife can’t take him to the vet because she has back-to-back Zooms with clients in Malaysia. The agent nods with genuine sympathy and says that although he can’t rebook you, perhaps a pass to the first-class lounge might make up for the inconvenience?
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Go with the flow like a dead fish.
CONNOISSEUR OF CHAOS
The masterly musical as mblages of Charles Ives
BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS
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THE ARTIFICIAL STATE
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THE HONEST ISLAND GREG JACKSON
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THE HOME FRONT
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PRESIDENT FOR SALE
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TUCKER EVERLASTING
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