Be in control of your piece, Jo. The minute it takes control of you, you’re dead,” Willie would tell me.

“I shut the bathroom door and caught sight of my face in the mirror. I had no id…”

“Futile. She was telling me it was useless. That I was useless.”

“...we're dealing with two devils who both want to rule hell.”

“We all laced together—a brothel madam, an English professor, a mute cook, a qua…”