Justine Larbalestier

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A Night at the Oak Room

The Algonquin, Andrea Marcovicci, Frank Loesser, and lots of diamonds

Posted by Justine at 22:14, November 19th, 2003 under Listening, Musings, New York City/USA, Praising | Comments Off

Death Under the Train

The train went over a bump. Scott shuddered. He said it felt like something had gone through the whole train. I felt nothing, too absorbed by Holly Black's Tithe. About a minute later the train stopped. The announcement that followed made no sense: something about a "trespass incident" and there being "no immediate danger" to the passengers. Not the most calming statement in the world. "I think we hit someone," Scott said. The man behind agreed, said he'd felt the train lurch. Someone else said there'd been four suicides on this stretch of track in the past month. One woman had been on the ...
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Posted by Justine at 22:15, November 3rd, 2003 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Musings, New York City/USA, State of the World | Comments Off

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