“On the seat beside him, in between him and his father, Ryan's severed hand is resting on a bed of ice in an eight-quart Styrofoam cooler.” StyrofoamDan ChaonAwait Your ReplySevered Hand Book:Await Your Reply Source: Await Your Reply
“Above the wrist? Or below the wrist?” Dan ChaonWristAwait Your Reply Book:Await Your Reply Source: Await Your Reply
“The people who control this country are the real gangsters. You know that, right? And if you play by their rules, you're nothing but their slave.” Await Your Reply Author:Dan Chaon
“The pirates would kiss Hayden, and sometimes they would cut off a hank of hair - 'as a reminder of yer kisses, me lad' - and one of them even cut off a piece of his earlobe. This particular pirate was Bill McGregor, and he was the one Hayden feared the most. Bill McGregor was the worst of them - and at night when everyone else was asleep, Bill McGregor would come looking for Hayden, his step slow and hollow on the planks of the deck, his voice a deep whisper. Boy,' he would murmur. 'where are you, boy?' After Bill McGregor cut off the piece of Hayden's earlobe, he decided that he wanted more. Every time he caught Hayden, he would cut a small piece off of him. The skin of an elbow, the tip of a finger, a piece of his lip. He would grip the squirming Hayden and cut a piece off of him, and then Bill McGregor would eat the piece of flesh.” PiratesHaydenDan ChaonAwait Your ReplyBill Mcgregor Book:Await Your Reply Source: Await Your Reply