For some reason, his singleness drives his sister crazy. Even now, at forty-two, when the rest of his family and friends accept that he’s a bachelor for life, Brenda keeps trying to hook him up.

Bertie had heard of a place we could go, somewhere we could live in peace, safe from our winnings. I’m not sure it exists.

You could tell by the way she got off the helicopter that she wasn’t having any funny business. Perhaps she’d heard about the chap who’d been sent over to get their chakras realigned. He was effing and blinding by the time he left.

Aspiring writers are generally advised to ‘show’ not ‘tell’ and to minimise their use of adverbs. But where’s the fun in that?

Sadly Broke is never silent. As the moon steals behind the Bus Station, not all who populate the new town are asleep.

I needed to find out what was happening. I hobbled over to the bathroom blindly, using my sense of smell to guide me, and stared at the mirror. Though my vision was hazy, what reflected back at me was undeniable. I was a dog.

When Max was killed and buried and a shallow grave, he thought his troubles would be over. He was wrong. He’s just realized he’s a vampire, and he sucks at it.

Simon cried and cried, but the textbooks say you’ve got to let them.

It looked just like a parrot cage, only larger.

They danced and the cat-rat danced with them

“Hello, sir. How may I help you?”

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