“The monkey liked most humans. They left food cans outside their homes for his family to rummage through in the morning sun. Some yelled and threw sticks, but were slow and didn’t bite. Humans were mostly harmless.” — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“And there was nothing quite like the surprise attack of a snarling black bear, even one missing all forty-two teeth, to urge someone back… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“Taking a couple short backup swigs, Flint’s crippling headache started to release its grip, sort of the way he imagined an octopus would release… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“Shit, man, if you see a dog scratching at the dirt trying to dig something up, walk away real fast,” he said, then pulled… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“It was a year ago today your daughter went missing.’ Bagg had closed his eyes, feeling the death going on inside.” — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“Bearing witness from the sides of the room, ten or more lepers shouted at the bizarre scene, “Diable! Diable!” And then chants of some… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“Whenever I’d get howlin’ over something, he’d grab my ass up from wherever I was and head straight for the john. Momma said my… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“I believe a family just isn’t complete without skeletons. My dearest momma clean bit off my daddy’s nose right around the time they divorced.” — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“Gracie leaned out the back, craning her neck as far as she could around the side, trying to catch the wind in her nose… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“Kids never jumped head first from the top ledge. Never. It seemed forever before Stoney came back to the surface. Most of the white… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“The two smallest boys were cut down first, bodies bounding in different directions as they were shot from opposite sides of the field, like… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“Grandpa said that we could solve a lot of the world’s problems if we considered cats and dogs edible. Like the neighbor’s dog who… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“Noriega wound up like a baseball pitcher on top of the bed and hurled the small gun, but was low and outside for a… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
