By: Charles Glaubitz

I was distracted by her beautiful eyes.

By: Nathaniel Rich

When the cheap ink began to fade, they seemed only to grow in value.

By: Lynn Peril

She awoke to find him on his hands and knees on the floor, “making funny noises.”

By: Joshua Glenn

Adventure terms from VALIANT to VOYAGE

By: Joshua Glenn

Charles Burns’s BLACK HOLE

By: Mikita Brottman

They were irrationally overjoyed.

By: Joshua Glenn

From MARATHON MAN and OMAC to THE DISPOSSESSED

By: Kathryn Davis

One day toward the end of naptime Raymond slipped me a card.

By: Leah Hennessey

I was not available, but the entity to which I belonged was fictional.

By: Joshua Glenn

Iain M. Banks’s FEERSUM ENDJINN

By: Ben Greenman

He looked at the soup can and smiled. Then he signed it.

By: Joshua Glenn

Adventure terms from UMBRAGE to UPTAKE

By: Lydia Millet

It was Frank N. Furter who compelled me most.

By: Joshua Glenn

Jonathan Lethem’s GUN, WITH OCCASIONAL MUSIC

By: Joshua Glenn

Adventure terms from TAILSPIN to TWEENER