I can't write about anything so I'm just going to describe people:

Krix is not a writer but plays one on the internet.

Cynthia wears rubber gloves and surgical masks on the subway for fear of germs.

Roy spits when he talks and smells like Chapstick.

Gavin sits at a bar full of acquaintances, swapping stories, telling tales of better days.

Grace receives acupuncture at the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center on Canal.

Carla's mom is from Trinidad and her father was a Black Panther from Brooklyn.

Robin can't afford Christmas presents for her niece and nephew but can buy a bottle of Bolla every night.

Lisa looks out the window at the graffiti that says "LIVE FOR TODAY" and thinks it says "LINE"

Kerry eats Pho at Nha Trang Centre like a human vacuum.

Bernie gets on the Path train, wearing Timberland boots, wearing a Jacques Cousteau hat, carrying a Hefty bag.

Peter walks down Broadway in a pair of size 2 women's pants, tall and skinny with long blonde curly hair, looking like a glamorously ravaged rock star.

Mr. Mustard eats pine needles from the Christmas tree when no one looks.

Krix can disect a computer, disect a sentence, and disect a psyche but can only fix the first two.

Gregor woke up one morning and scuttled up the wall.

Darwin dropped the pretense of being friendly, preferring the company of his Corgies.

Katie throws up when encountering clowns.

Holden tells the morons at Pency Prep to sleep tight.

Moonachie eats bamboo leaves while people are at work.

Chinaski rushes to get home and push up on Betty's ass.

Amanda got drunk and interviewed a post card of Van Gogh.

Troy thinks the details of a life are inconsequential and huge.