"Perhaps they’d crossed each other in the darkness, like they used to do in the old days of the living city. Happened all the time that someone you loved moved through the avenues, half a block over, one block over from you as they navigated their day, unaware how close you were. You just missed each other."
from Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Saturday, January 7th 2012 12:07pm
"Nothing had been boarded up, there were no firefight traces or other signs of mayhem, and a finicky wind had kicked all the litter around the corner. From time to time Mark Spitz happened on these places in Zone One, where he strolled down a movie set, earning scale as an extra in a period piece about the dead world."
from Zone One by Colson Whitehead
(Source: colsonwhitehead.com)
Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 11:42am
