Abjure
“I abjure writing!” the ragman said, bursting into the courtroom to the awestruck stares and foul consternation of the people at work. “Never was any good at it but Hell […]
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Abeyance
A sudden stillness. My breath froze in my throat and the harsh northern air whipped and hacked at the back of my tongue. A long swallow. Around me, the bodies […]
Abdicate
Rumor was that the King was stepping down from the throne. Said he’d had enough, he was done, abdicating, leaving off. We asked him why. He said that with the […]
Abattoir
Hap had worked in the abattoir for nearly three months. He didn’t like it much. The screaming of hogs was less than a balm to his senses. It clawed at […]
À bas
We all loved Harold. He was mostly a quiet guy – but funny, amiable; he had a girlfriend he told warm stories about when you asked him how he spent […]
Pierce Nahigyan 