“Fluorescent lights on the ceiling lit up the white Formica top of her desk like an operating table, white-sand beach at high… — Dennis Vickers French fries Copy Share Image
“Thighs spread out on the seat like water balloons, frying eggs, spilled syrup.” — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“She smoked like wet underwear on fire, swore like a slow hockey goalie, caroused like a cheerleader on spring break in Cancun,… — Dennis Vickers Spring break Copy Share Image
“Carmen blinked and shuddered like someone chewing a lemon ring, enduring a throat culture, challenging a habanero mano-a- mano. “Unbelievable.” She spat… — Dennis Vickers Copy Share Image
“Snatched away like socks glommed off the sale table at Wal-Mart, dog treat snapped up by an eager German Sheppard, mouse picked… — Dennis Vickers Simile Copy Share Image
“Like a summer storm, the ferment quickly passed,moving from explosive turmoil to exhausted calm in a few seconds.” — Dennis Vickers Ferment Copy Share Image
“Breathed like a contestant in a polka marathon, sit-up contest, stationary bike race.” — Dennis Vickers Breathed Copy Share Image
“Polish the young woman’s ego like wax on a wood floor, Shinola on shoes, spit on an apple.” — Dennis Vickers Polish Copy Share Image
“Tourists hurried past them on the pedestrian-only street like chickens scampering to the feeder, cars scurrying through a tollgate, Niagara River rushing… — Dennis Vickers Hurried Copy Share Image
“Abandoned like an empty beer bottle, cigarette butt, worn-out shoe.” — Dennis Vickers Abandoned Copy Share Image
“Spurting out like formula from a colicky baby’s mouth, drops ejected from boiled frosting boiling, preliminary spurts from Old Faithful before the… — Dennis Vickers Trust Copy Share Image
“For most of human history people owned other people. Then, only a hundred and fifty years ago, our ancestors figured out that… — Dennis Vickers Bad idea Copy Share Image
“Her brown eyes flashed like headlamps on a police cruiser, cameras at a Superbowl kickoff, lightning over Frankenstein’s castle.” — Dennis Vickers Brown eyes Copy Share Image
“Exposed like butt cheeks at a strip club; chicken breasts, fleshy and sallow in the butcher’s case; tequila bottle soldiers lined up… — Dennis Vickers Exposed Copy Share Image
“Could be an amazing product, sell like condoms at a high school prom, donuts at a police convention, sunscreen on a Caribbean… — Dennis Vickers High school Copy Share Image
“Rang in my ears like Easter morning churchbells in Rome, rumble from an unmuffled Harley, fireworks shells exploding over a Fourth-of-July parade.” — Dennis Vickers Easter Copy Share Image
“Studied all year and wrote in my journal like a nun works a Rosary, dog with a new bone, bee in his… — Dennis Vickers Simile Copy Share Image
“The email appeared sometime during the night, like alcohol-induced depression, dreams of old lovers, porn on TV.” — Dennis Vickers Dreams Copy Share Image
“Our stories are phantoms of fleeting moments reflected in mirrors.” — Dennis Vickers Fleeting moments Copy Share Image
“Screamed like a manic cheerleader heaping encouragement on her high school’s punt returner as he breaks through the first wall of blocks.” — Dennis Vickers Screamed Copy Share Image
“Like a fire alarm going off in your ear, sulfur up your nose, mouth full of sour milk, reality is what it… — Dennis Vickers Reality Copy Share Image
“Legs pinched together like bread loafs in a shared pan, linebackers in adjacent seats flying coach fare, chubby cats eating from a… — 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 Dog Copy Share Image
