Bear Quote by Cole Alpaugh

“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

“Shit, man, if you see a dog scratching at the dirt trying to dig something up, walk away real fast,” he said, then pulled…

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“It was a year ago today your daughter went missing.’ Bagg had closed his eyes, feeling the death going on inside.”

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“Bearing witness from the sides of the room, ten or more lepers shouted at the bizarre scene, “Diable! Diable!” And then chants of some…

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“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…

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“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.”

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“Gracie leaned out the back, craning her neck as far as she could around the side, trying to catch the wind in her nose…

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“Kids never jumped head first from the top ledge. Never. It seemed forever before Stoney came back to the surface. Most of the white…

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“The two smallest boys were cut down first, bodies bounding in different directions as they were shot from opposite sides of the field, like…

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“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…

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“Noriega wound up like a baseball pitcher on top of the bed and hurled the small gun, but was low and outside for a…

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“The monkey liked most humans. They left food cans outside their homes for his family to rummage through in the morning sun. Some yelled…

— Cole Alpaugh