Francis Levy - Seven Days in Rio

I was originally assigned a cramped seat in the middle of my row, but the attractive Brazilian woman sitting at my side batted her eyelashes at me flirtatiously as she relinquished her aisle seat. She was obviously a whore, and probably figured the deferential treatment might make the trip pay off. After lift-off the stewardess came around to take drink orders. She was tall, dark, and attractive, her skirt provocatively short. When she bent down to ask me what I would like, I noticed the gold nameplate on the breast pocket of her blouse. “Tiffany,” it read.

I wish to thank Adam Ludwig for his editorial guidance. Adam is like a pilot coolly navigating turbulence with acute intelligence, patience and a recognition of the imminence of disaster. I would also like to thank Eric and Eliza Obenauf. Getting published by Two Dollar Radio is a cutting edge experience. I learned about Mark Danielewski’s House of Leaves from reading Eric’s blog and I look forward to finishing it before the copyright for Seven Days in Rio runs out. With regard to commas, suffice it to say that Eliza doesn’t agree with those who argue, “if in doubt leave it out.” I can’t exactly thank my wife Hallie Cohen for our endless “discussions” about writing. I would like to take this opportunity to tell her that it’s not so bad to use an object instead of a subject pronoun.