Watch your mouth,” Mahlia said, “or I’ll stitch your guts shut.

“Short fiction seems more targeted - hand grenades of ideas, if you will. When t…”

“When you were alone in the rising ocean, you grabbed whatever raft passed by.”

“Save your shaming for the girl, Doctor. If I cared for human approval, I would …”

“Doctor Mahfouz used to say living in the Drowned Cities made people crazy. Like…”