Being a good person is more than just not being a bad person.
A. Lee MartinezDo these robots looked armed? And I was talking to the dinosaur. Were you worried he would discuss me to death?
A. Lee MartinezBut all memories, no matter how distant, no matter how distorted, have the shadow of truth underneath. Even the most imperfect memory is a window—
A. Lee MartinezThere are areas of New England, plenty of them, with quaintness to spare, with color-changing leaves and folksy folks full of folksy homespun wisdom accompanied by folksy accents
A. Lee MartinezVance took the news of their "big-city fellows" status better than Philip. Probably because it turned out that he was actually gay.
"You're what?"
"Well, I'm not entirely sure," said Vance, "but I'd say it's seventy-thirty for it."
"But I've seen you with women."
"That would be the thirty part of the equation," said Vance as he sipped his coffee.
"Oh my God. That's why you agreed to do this with me. You think I'm gay, too!"
Vance chuckled. "Dude you're not gay."
"I know I'm not, but do you know I'm not?"
"I'd say ninety-two-eight on the straight side," said Vance.
"How the hell-"
"They've made some terrific advances in gaydar, dude.
So how about you?" she asked. "Why did you and your" - she broke out the air quotes again - "'life partner' decide to move to Clam Bay?"
"Not really a good reason for it, I guess. Just bad judgment on... Wait. What did you call us?"
"Oh, I'm sorry." She blushed. "Was that the wrong term? I didn't mean to offend."
"You think... Uh, we're not gay."
She laughed. "Oh, it's all right. Nobody here cared about something like that. We're pretty tolerant of alternative lifestyles."
"We're not gay," he said with a little more force than intended. "We're just friends."
"Are you married?"
"No."
"Girlfriends?"
"Not at the moment."
"Confirmed bachelors?" She raised an eyebrow/
"Not confirmed," he replied.
"So two single guys from the big city move to our little town and open a bed-and-breakfast. But you're not gay."
"We're just friends," he said.
"Right. Because straight men open bed-and-breakfasts all the time."
"These straight men did."
"Straight men names Philip and Vance."
He wanted to argue, but he was suddenly beginning to question it himself.
Vance shook his head. "Philly, I love you, buddy. I do. But you're not my type."
"I'm not?"
"What? Are you insulted?"
Philip was pondering that when the front door jingled.
The universe was filled with secrets, and he understood now that one of the biggest was that no one needed to know them all.
A. Lee MartinezTo quote a great sage... answer unclear, try again later.
A. Lee MartinezTags: seer
She wore a pleated skirt, a white cotton blouse, and simple black shoes with knee high stockings. At the arc of each step, the skirt would rise to expose a few inches of her taut thighs. Neither Earl nor Duke could recall what Chad was wearing.
A. Lee MartinezTags: sexual-tension buddies pleated
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