“And deep within that system, in a processing facility in the Lehigh Valley, a guy named Michael has to sniff the sweatpants.”
Krista Stevens
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My Favorite Restaurant Served Gas
“They’d sit in the front cab of a raggedy Ford listening to a Tina Turner tape. I’d sit in the back, next to burnt orange pine needles, a few broken lawnmowers, and all forms of rust.”
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The Quiet Part Loud
“You could spend a lot of time with Seth and never know he struggles to hear; that his left ear hears at about 30 percent below the average range and his right one, 95 percent below.”
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When I Met the Pope
“Imagine an Irish Catholic bishop telling you that you have no chill.”
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Song of the Scientist
“Mukherjee was fascinated with cells early on. But then he was interested in so many things.”
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Did Bad Fire Science Send Tim and Deb Nicholls to Prison?
“When he opens the bedroom window, there’s smoke billowing past his head. The next thing he recalls is waking up outside to a nightmare.”
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The Train Wrecked in Slow Motion
“But so far, we had cleared all the hurdles, my baby and I.”
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Ice Cream, Alone and with Others
“I buy ice cream because a household should have it, the way my grandmother bought wine.”
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A Hiker and a Terrier Climbed a Peak. The Dog Came Home 72 Days Later.
“And then they told Holby the rest of the news. Finney, all four pounds of wriggling and barking and bug-eating energy, was alive.”
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Studying the Swarm
“During sex, the drone’s phallus explodes, killing him immediately. His purpose singular and disposable, his role complete.”