“Like a fire alarm going off in your ear, sulfur up your nose, mouth full of sour milk, reality is what it… — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Followed like a goat on a halter, hungry dog closing on his just-filled dinner bowl, water-bottle and towel carrier behind the tuba… — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Deep ridges crossed his forehead like terraces in a Thai hillside, tucks in a leather cushion, troughs across a bloodhound’s jowls.” — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Sweating like a fat woman in a sauna, nun with a tattoo on her tit, overweight jockey.” — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Squeal like a cheerleader named prom queen, aging retiree placing the game-winning bingo button, frenzied fan finding Johnny Depp in her supermarket.” — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“The company’s stock dropped like seagull turds on a car hood, panties on prom night, celebrity names during red-carpet coverage.” — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“High-pitched squeal like a beauty pageant contestant found best in show, Oprah audience member given a new Chevy, rookie actress surprised with… — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Her hair burst from her head like a fireworks shell erupting, framing her face in spray of red-blond energy.” — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Divided like boys and girls at a summer camp, egg whites and yolks in grandma’s lemon-meringue-pie recipe, dogs and cats in pet… — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“My mind spun like the flywheel on an antique John Deere, merry-go-round during second-grade recess, hard spun roulette wheel.” — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Smiled like a homecoming queen, Pit Bull Terrier with a new collar, actress on the Letterman show.” — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“She pinched her lips tight together, like someone considering a foul smell, three-legged dog, ugly baby.” — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Flipped through memories like old copies of National Geographic, pages in a yellowing high-school year book, cable-television channels looking for a baseball… — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Laughter erupted from her belly and shot out her mouth like pigeons through an open cage door, schoolchildren bursting into summer vacation,… — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“A surprising number, like options in the cereal aisle, liberal studies graduates working fast food, people who don’t know Shakespeare coined the… — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Our reality may be fabled, but surely will be fleeting, because when the storyteller looks away, the story collapses. In the end, we vanish… — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Faded like morning fog in the rising sun, sports team logo on a cheap T-shirt, ninety-nine dollar paint job on a Chevy.” — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Her eyes beamed over the top of the cup like Peterbilt high beams coming over a hillcrest, full moon rising over a mountain lake… — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“No difference making a living with what’s between your ears and making one with what’s between your legs.” — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Your mother’s chili was onions, hamburger, tomato soup, kidney beans, no chili powder, no peppers. Mexican flags flew at half staff every time she… — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Panting like a marathon runner at mile twenty, overheated bloodhound, steam engine crawling up the Continental Divide.” — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Hung in the air like fart gas in an elevator, insecurity in a prom ballroom, guilt around a police lineup.” — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Wrinkles appeared and disappeared as he squinted his eyes and relaxed them, like someone peering into a strobe light, police car-top beacon, flashing neon… — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
