Adiathermancy
Most notably the book did not burn when he chucked it in the fireplace. He had tried tearing the paper but it was of better stock than he expected. So […]
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Ad hominem
Charlie Ben Studdard squinted at Mrs. Kinbote and sucked quietly at his pipe. He let the cherry smoke roil in his cheeks and the tobacco glow in the bowl. She […]
Adhibit
Knowing I am a violent man, when I tell you I adhibited him to my house you may wonder if I welcomed him inside to endure unspeakable tortures or if […]
Address
Charlie Ben Studdard did not think of himself as the world’s greatest private detective. He wasn’t the best in America, nor the county. And if he was honest with himself […]
Actuarial
A handful of little birds (he thought they were sparrows) peered up at his spreadsheets. The actuarial tables spilled from his hands, from the leather binder stuffed with the mob’s […]
Pierce Nahigyan 