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“The place trembled with sound. I didn't need to do anything. They would do it all. But you had to be careful. Drunk as…

— Charles Bukowski

“It was Saturday night at the Tune-In Cafe and the only person inside its dingy walls who wasn't drunk was seriously starting to wish…

— Sandra Marton

“The room continued to spin though she was standing still, but her ears were hot. She felt like she'd just slammed three doubles of…

— Michael R. Underwood

“I backed out of the kitchen. Griff was a rigid shadow halfway down the hall, his gaze trained on the door at the end.…

— Emma Lord

“two unconscious, bleeding men and then over at the girl behind the bar. She was staring at him openmouthed, the glass-rag and beer mug…

— David Baldacci

“All round there was a rising tide of beer, widow Désir's barrels had all been broached, beer had rounded all paunches and was overflowing…

— Émile Zola

“bored, the strikes almost lazy. The blades made an echoing clang that reverberated up her spine, sending tiny vibrations down the arches of her…

— Francesca Vance

“Drunk, he was leering and silent and mostly asleep. Sober, he was a watcher, a horror of a man who missed nothing and commented…

— Donal Ryan

“The drink prices were inflated, and so were the breasts of the bartender. The place had a quiet discord that was waiting to be…

— Thor Benson

“The men were making too much noise, laughing, joking, to cover her terrible accusing silence below. She made the empty rooms roar with accusation…

— Ray Bradbury

“I think it was probably both the coincidence and the beer that made Miralles say at some point that we were going to end…

— Javier Cercas

“I glanced around, but no one seemed to be watching me. That would probably change once I started yelling at a waiter. I have…

— Rachel Hawkins