By Ben Greenman
from forthcoming collection, as yet untitled
Notwithstanding the general success of the marriage between Jason and Marjorie, that pairing will soon be fractured by the appearance of Burton, who will arrive in Trefoil late Thursday and quickly move into place the same strategies that have earned him notice in other suburbs along the Northern Belt, including Ralston, Westfield, and Bloomis. After focusing on Marjorie with an unhealthily intense attention and polluting her overall sense of things, he will then spend a weekend with her in the Trefoil Arms, listening to her monologue of emotional and sexual reawakening with an expression that passes subtly from initial lust and enchantment to tolerance, boredom, and finally a barely concealed contempt. Burton will then continue to Elk Grove and Rolling Hollow, reprising his role in each new town.
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