Stay still, not even a slightest sonance. Ready your arms, fingers apart. Fidget, but stay still. Hush, listen to the leaves rustling. Hush, listen to the flapping cloth swaggering about. You wager a drink on the middle. He’s silent, steady, not even a faint jitteriness within. Stay still, stay steady. You pray. He leaves his soul [...]

Harry looked around him, wondering who in the room could possibly be Jane. None in the room looked like someone he could successfully write about. But if she was Jane, needn’t she have to be plain? He took a sip from his glass thoughtfully. Mark on the other hand looked entirely comfortable, leaning back on the rickety [...]