Little MenKevin Killian, the author of Shy and Bedrooms Have Windows, is injected with sodium pentathol and forced to reveal his most intimate secrets to a skeptical audience. In Los Angeles, the ghost of Natalie Wood appears to a dying fan. An Irish transvestite hires a bellhop for a marriage of convenience. In San Francisco a drunken father (Kevin Killian) takes his Gen X son (Josh Cherin) to the premiere of Jurassic Park. On Long Island a group of Franciscan brothers stage a beauty contest for incoming freshmen - the judgment of Paris. In Steinbeck country an autograph dealer forges mementos of Audrey Hepburn while seducing a muscle-bound ex-con in orange undershorts. On Halloween the boys from Hitchcock's Rope throw their own party in the haunted house of Usher. To steal the love of his sister's scientist husband, a San Francisco weakling turns to steroids. In 60's Manchester, David Smith falls under the spell of a strange married couple, who read him Sade, and make him murder the one boy who really loves him... |
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... felt his head begin to buzz and noticed the “ RESTROOM ” sign going up the plush stairway . He had this scratchy sensation at the base of his throat which he had come to associate with his occasional meetings with Josh . He wanted a ...
... felt his head begin to buzz and noticed the “ RESTROOM ” sign going up the plush stairway . He had this scratchy sensation at the base of his throat which he had come to associate with his occasional meetings with Josh . He wanted a ...
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... felt like the narrator in Ed White's Forgetting Elena , marooned in a society I could hardly under- stand except by dumb imitation . In every room a crucifix transfixed me with shame : I felt deeply compromised by my own falsity . My ...
... felt like the narrator in Ed White's Forgetting Elena , marooned in a society I could hardly under- stand except by dumb imitation . In every room a crucifix transfixed me with shame : I felt deeply compromised by my own falsity . My ...
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... felt bad for him . Didn't realize he was still alive . Did you know him ? No , as a matter of fact I didn't . I mean , sodium pentathol's been around so long - part of my consciousness , you might say— I never realized any one person ...
... felt bad for him . Didn't realize he was still alive . Did you know him ? No , as a matter of fact I didn't . I mean , sodium pentathol's been around so long - part of my consciousness , you might say— I never realized any one person ...
Contents
Little Men | 10 |
Father and Son with Josh Cherin | 32 |
Chain of Fools | 47 |
Copyright | |
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