The Last Mile

You know people who read are a lot more tolerant and open-minded than those who don’t.” “Great,

Decker looked behind him. 'That's nice.' 'What?' said Mars, looking too. 'Where the NAACP office was they built a public library. You know people who read are a lot more tolerant and open-minded than those who don't.' 'Great, so let's get everybody in the world a library card.

His jumpsuit was white, and on the back were the letters D and R printed in black. They stood for “death row”. Mars had equated it to a snake’s rattle, warning folks to stay the hell away.

posting will be at the unemployment office.” “I don’t think

So the criminals win, that's what you're saying? For now they do. But it's a long game, Jamison. And I always play for the long game.

He filled a bowl with cereal that looked like twigs a squirrel had pooped out.

Montgomery dude said he killed my parents.

He would have been forty-two years old in two months. His forty-first had been his very last birthday, as it turned out.