Terry wasn't sleeping. Beads of sweat coated her bare body beneath the dampened sheets. And tremors throughout her body twitching her arms and legs at their joints.      Terry was mostly awake when an eyelid creaked open...

She left me likeBrutus left Caesarlike a shark attack.My back was bent andbleeding, and I was wellversed in delirium.She had the electricityshut off the day aftershe abandoned me, and I drankmyself into a new oblivion.There were kittens inthe wall--shadows...

     Terry found herself standing outside a local church. She was both tempted and hesistant to approach its cathedral-like, bronze doors.       What was inviting was the message written in marker on a bulletin board on the...