late for a meeting with samantha, alyosha ignored his better judgment and took a short-cut through the train yard ( Read more... )

alyosha once shot a man in reno, just to watch him die. the logistics of the situation elude him, for as certain as he is that he committed this horrid deed, he is just as certain that he has neither been to the city of reno nor been anywhere near the entire state of nevada. but he knows it happened ( Read more... )

alyosha once put his head through the passenger-side window of a parked car. he performed this in such as way so as to make the act look accidental for any witnesses ( Read more... )

a few weeks after his 11th birthday, alyosha's class had a year-ending trip to the zoo ( Read more... )

a.: "so what did you say that you wanted to watch ( Read more... )

it happened so quickly that alyosha never had time to wonder as to the strangeness of it. having spent every saturday night with samantha for the past two months, he had begun to take the whole situation for granted. so when she informed him in an off-hand way that she had other plans for the evening, he was shocked at how bothered became ( Read more... )

as alyosha made his way across the square towards her, samantha's bright smile turned to a look of concern ( Read more... )

to calm his nerves - as well as to break the spells of boredom accompanying random nights of insomnia - alyosha has begun riding his bike in the dark. his favourite route is a lakeside trail that weaves slowly in and out of an old-growth forest, a few kilometres from his apartment. it would normally be intolerably busy during the daytime hours; ( Read more... )

"that type - you don't know how you feel about 'em - is who you're made nervous by ( Read more... )

during the walk home after the movie, samantha did most of the talking. alyosha would occasionally offer a comment or opinion on whatever topic she had jumped to, but he was generally content in allowing her to control the conversation ( Read more... )