Quotes from Shelley Singer

She had that look. The one that means, "I can't wait to get this over with and get you out of here and get on with my life." The look that is so hard to believe, so impossible to take in, when it comes from someone who used to love you. The look that always makes you wonder if they ever really did. It's the final look. There's no coming back from it.

could give them on CORPS, and said he was "looking forward to seeing the article in Probe magazine." I told him I hoped it was good enough to print. He curled his lip at me. By the time I dragged through my gate, I was already late for my date

never seem to miss anything.

laughed at his third "what

sturdy five-foot-ten frame—but that was in another country, and alas… "What's that you've got in your hand?" he snapped at me. I glanced down at the piece of paper

an intrusive government of the politically self-righteous

most recent novel is Blackjack, a near-future thriller, written as Lee Singer. She teaches writing online and does manuscript consulting. She has served as a judge in a number of fiction writing contests, including the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction writing competition. She lives in Petaluma

Two avgolemono, dolmades, falafel with hummus," the waiter repeated, writing it all down

I didn't correct her because I didn't want her thinking I was interested. I definitely was not. I've gone swimming with enough sharks. There comes a time in a man's life when a nice goldfish starts to look pretty good.

He had gone home from his office the previous morning to find her dead, lying on the hillside below their deck.

too. He shoved me to get me going and we started to walk. My mind was