Back Night Train
Chapters (37)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. The Truth of Thom Jones
  5. Selected Stories
  6. The Pugilist at Rest
  7. The Black Lights
  8. I Want to Live!
  9. Silhouettes
  10. Mosquitoes
  11. A White Horse
  12. Cold Snap
  13. Superman, My Son
  14. Way Down Deep in the Jungle
  15. Pickpocket
  16. Pot Shack
  17. I Need a Man to Love Me
  18. Sonny Liston Wasa Friend of Mine
  19. The Roadrunner
  20. A Run Through the Jungle
  21. 40, Still at Home
  22. Tarantula
  23. Mouses
  24. Daddy’s Girl
  25. New Stories
  26. Night Train
  27. Volcanoes from Hell
  28. A Merry Little Christmas
  29. All Along the Watchtower
  30. Diary of My Health
  31. The Junkman of Chengdu
  32. Bomb Shelter Noel
  33. Acknowledgments
  34. Credits
  35. About the Author
  36. Also by Thom Jones
  37. Thank you for buying this ebook, published by Hachette Digital.

re: C Cups, Pink Nipples

date sent: March 7, 1999

God! C cups! Pink and well formed! I thought so! I thought so! Goddamn. Man! I’m in heaven! Crack out the Viagra. Heh heh. And well formed, too! Boy! Shit. Usually at thirty, they start to sag. Well, maybe she had a tit job. Didn’t she run with a cosmetic surgeon for a time? Jeez, this sounds too good to be true. I can’t wait. Just tell me this: If you two are such dedicated lesbians, why do you want to fuck me? You said she gives you multiple orgasms. I didn’t give you multiple orgasms. What’s the deal, comrade?

V. I. Lenin

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re: Divorce Papers

date sent: March 8, 1999

Babe, you’re better off without the sorry-ass motherfucker; good riddance! Bob was nothing but “poor me.” Dump him. Put the house on the market and get on with it.

Your loving crisis counselor,

Maynard G. Krebs

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re: Ovulation

date sent: March 9, 1999

I knew there had to be a catch. And I can’t believe Lisa, either. How did this plan get hatched? You suddenly want me to knock you both up so you can be single parents? Is Lisa stealing drugs from the meds cabinet? Anesthesiologists will do that—and she hangs with your guy Seth. He’s probably got a shitload of good stuff. Or have you both lost your minds? Flipped out completely? Goddamn! I think those long shifts in the ER are taking their toll on you. Burnout. Get a grip on yourself, woman.

Zamboni, King of the Kongo

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re: Contracts

date sent: March 11, 1999

Look, I’m going to be in town one night. Even if by some miracle of chance you’re both ovulating, I’m not going to get you both pregnant. It’s statistically unlikely. I mean, you’re the doctors. Figure. And contract or no, I’m going to know that I’ve got kids—kids living with lesbian parents. This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of. I quit screwing physicians a long time ago as most of them are out of touch, fucking psychotic. What if one of you gets pissed and decides to sue for child support? I’ve been out there too many years to fall for this bullshit. The answer is no!

Sincerely,

Ace

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re: Oh Baby, Please Please Me

date sent: March 13, 1999