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  • She sits on the too-thin cot of her jail cell, leaned forward with her elbows resting on her knees, her head bowed as she replays the incident over and over in her mind.

    How To Pound Meat Erin Zulkoski 2011

  • Walking through the empty corridors, in search of a nurses station or a reception desk, she noticed crude murals visible beneath too-thin coats of paint, drawings of mammoth penises nailed to crucifixes.

    Sardines Chris Okum 2011

  • He had taken care to secure a spot near the stage, which was momentarily empty as the bidding on the too-thin, flaxen-haired watering pot for whom the harpy was being paid had just ended.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • She could feel her wolf-form pushing against the too-thin layer of her human skin.

    Claire de Lune Christine Johnson 2010

  • They didn't last long: both masters began panting hard in the too-thin air.

    Who Do You Say I Am 2010

  • He had taken care to secure a spot near the stage, which was momentarily empty as the bidding on the too-thin, flaxen-haired watering pot for whom the harpy was being paid had just ended.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • I prefer using pancetta that has been cut in 1/4 slices and then diced, so I buy it directly from the deli counter where I can direct the pancetta's thickness, rather than in pre-cut packages of too-thin slices.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Laurie Constantino 2008

  • She could feel her wolf-form pushing against the too-thin layer of her human skin.

    Claire de Lune Christine Johnson 2010

  • On drizzling nights, when we shiver in too-thin coats, oil bleeding lazy rainbows into flooding gutters, I dream I see a moat.

    The City 2010

  • I prefer using pancetta that has been cut in 1/4 slices and then diced, so I buy it directly from the deli counter where I can direct the pancetta's thickness, rather than in pre-cut packages of too-thin slices.

    Recipes: Mushroom Stifado & Mushroom, Pancetta, and Feta Stifado (Μανιτάρια Στιφάδο & Μανιτάρια, Ιταλική Πανσέτα, και Φέτα Στιφάδο) Laurie Constantino 2008

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