The Lust Lizard of Melancholy CoveThe town psychiatrist has decided to switch everybody in Pine Cove, California, from their normal antidepressants to placebos, so naturally—well, to be accurate, artificially—business is booming at the local blues bar. Trouble is, those lonely slide-guitar notes have also attracted a colossal sea beast named Steve with, shall we say, a thing for explosive oil tanker trucks. Suddenly, morose Pine Cove turns libidinous and is hit by a mysterious crime wave, and a beleaguered constable has to fight off his own gonzo appetites to find out what's wrong and what, if anything, to do about it. |
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... spiders of withdrawal in passing , as if they were no more unpleas- ant than a tetanus shot . But Theo had tried to quit . He'd wrung out three sets of sheets in one night and paced the cabin looking for distraction until he thought his ...
... spiders of withdrawal in passing , as if they were no more unpleas- ant than a tetanus shot . But Theo had tried to quit . He'd wrung out three sets of sheets in one night and paced the cabin looking for distraction until he thought his ...
Contents
Section 18 | 178 |
Section 19 | 180 |
Section 20 | 190 |
Section 21 | 200 |
Section 22 | 213 |
Section 23 | 220 |
Section 24 | 229 |
Section 25 | 238 |
Section 9 | 74 |
Section 10 | 85 |
Section 11 | 95 |
Section 12 | 102 |
Section 13 | 115 |
Section 14 | 129 |
Section 15 | 139 |
Section 16 | 150 |
Section 17 | 169 |
Section 26 | 247 |
Section 27 | 257 |
Section 28 | 267 |
Section 29 | 275 |
Section 30 | 284 |
Section 31 | 295 |
Section 32 | 302 |
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Page 31 - I WILL USE TREATMENT TO HELP THE SICK ACCORDING TO MY ABILITY AND JUDGMENT, BUT NEVER WITH A VIEW TO INJURY AND WRONGDOING.
Page 113 - But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you ca'n't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.
Page 69 - Only one Criterion A symptom is required if delusions are bizarre or hallucinations consist of a voice keeping up a running commentary on the person's behavior or thoughts, or two or more voices conversing with each other.
Page 3 - Dear, dear ! How queer everything is to-day ! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I Ve been changed in the night ? Let me think : was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I 'm not the same, the next question is
Page 36 - Whatsoever in the course of practice I see or hear (or even outside my practice in social intercourse) that ought never to be published abroad, I will not divulge, but consider such things to be holy secrets.
Page 32 - I enter, I will do so to help the sick, keeping myself free from all intentional wrongdoing and harm, especially from fornication with woman or man, bond or free.
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