Adult Stories

“If it’s making a funny noise, you should,” I say. “Well, like, I need it. I’m seeing the Psychedelic Furs at the Civic on Friday and I totally have to take my car.” Susan looks at Graham. “That’s if Graham got my tickets.” “Yeah, I got your tickets,” Graham says with what sounds like great effort. ...

“I’m sorry,” the pharmacist says, clearly uncomfortable, shifting from one foot to the other nervously. He hands me the bottle and when I try to hand it back to him he shrugs. “There are reasons why your doctor did not want the prescription refilled,” he offers kindly, as if speaking to a child. I t...

“Yes,” I say. “I’ve heard. I know.” The poolboy walks back to the two drowned rats and picks them up by their tails which should be pink but even from where I sit I can see are now pale blue and he puts them into what I thought was his toolbox and then to erase the notion of the poolboy keeping the ...