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puddle of hysterics. Pebbles fly at us like shrapnel as Grampie Nadel speeds away, and gradually a heavy cloud of grit encases us. "Get up," my father says, offering a hand. My mother rises slowly on her own and says, "I'll never see him again." "Good riddance," my father says. He's had enough. Too much. "And we're taking her back now," he says, shooting a look at Mamie, who's cleaning her claws on her dress. I walk away and wander through the yard. Celia Kidd pushes the curtain from her pantry window and says something. I thumb my nose. The sky is a watercolor red with big billowy clouds torn around the edges and moving about like sea animals. In the air is the scent of lilacs, even though there are none. 
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Andrew Coburn is the author of twelve novels, including Voices in the Dark, Widow's Walk, and Goldilocks. His work has been translated into l3 languages and three of his novels have been made into French films. 
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