Status Updates From The Town

“With a rebel yell, Jem curled out into the mouth of the tunnel and filled the passageway with fire and noise.” 🫣

“But Fergie had met his match, or at least the first mirror he had ever faced that didn’t automatically crack. No one could reach Doug now, and a shadow of nervousness flashed across Fergie’s mangled face like that of a passing crow.”

“Everything seemed threatened now, everything converging. Like his old life had suddenly been condemned, explosive charges being laid on all the load-bearing beams, a crew of badass demo hard hats advancing on it with crowbars and sledges.”

“You claim indigence, you might as well drive yourself to prison the day the trial starts.”

“Someone’s allergic to nuts or something, people don’t hold that against them. Me, I’m allergic to alcohol. I break out in jerk hives. And this whole thing, it makes for a very bad first impression, but that’s what I have to live with.”

“The only thing the law likes less than pro outlaws are reckless outlaws. The G—they don’t like it when you rob banks, that’s fine, fair. Honest heat is honest heat. Toss in kidnapping and assault, their f*cking palms start getting sweaty. They take that personal.”