PSI-4 The green boy skipped out of La Stella at four o’clock in the afternoon in high spirits, with some attendant difficulty in verbally expressing…
PSI-1 When Calliope learned Mordecai did not require that any of the four dozen eggs be reserved for this evening’s chocolate cake, she requested a…
PSI-3 Mordecai had the violin tucked under his arm. He gestured at them with the bow like a stern schoolmaster. The expression and the three-piece…
PSI-2 Calliope was sitting cross-legged on the floor and drawing with charcoal. He sat up and blinked at her. “I’m sorry, babe. Did I wake…
PSI-2 Mordecai was singing in the kitchen. He was doing this because he was alone. Things had settled down now that “Milo is missing!” wasn’t…
PSI-3 There was something slippery on the floor. Because he had fallen. This was logic. He was having a little trouble with everything else right…
PSI-3 They were sitting beside each other on the back stairs. Erik had an empanada in a foil wrapper resting on a paper plate in…
PSI-4 Calliope’s door rattled with a series of sharp knocks. Mordecai answered it with a smile — which faded somewhat, but that was more embarrassment…
PSI-3 There was an unanticipated logistical problem with the chairs. There were plenty of chairs, such as they were, just not enough flat surface at…
PSI-1 The morning of the twelfth, Ann went out first thing to purchase pastries. This would not overtax the kitchen, the dishes, or Mordecai, all…