Can a mordern city burn,' he asked Tom. 'One made mostly of concrete and metal and glass? Could it burn the way Chicago did after Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over the lantern?

“Bird and bear and hare and fish, give my love her fondest wish.”

“Time and tide wait for no man.”

“He remembered waking up once, listening to the wind, thinking of all the dark a…”

“Before drifting away entirely, he found himself reflecting---not for the first …”