A.R. Geiger

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  • Our Father

    Our Father, who art in heaven… I hear the door of the nave creak as he comes in. The sanctuary is dark, only the candles around the altar still burning. I stand beside them, my eyes on the cross above the altar, and hold my breath as he comes down the aisle. I can already…

  • Matilda

    I have a confession about this one. I didn’t actually read it. I’m ashamed to admit it, but I have never, in my entire life, picked up a physical copy of this book and read it through start to finish. Instead, I listened to it on Audible, narrated by the lovely and brilliant Kate Winslet.…

  • Silas Marner

    I have a list on my computer of all of the books I’ve read this year. Aside from giving me the satisfaction of reading through the titles, (it’s weird, I know) it has also made me realize what an odd mixture of books I read. Everything from children’s fiction to adult novels, biographies to classics,…

  • Peanut Butter and Jelly

    She always made me a PBJ as soon as we got to work. Eat it slow, she’d tell me, that’s all you get until lunch. Then she’d sit me on a stool in the corner of the kitchen, and I’d watch her cook. No one else came to the kitchen as early as she did.…

  • Reading on a Budget

    Books are expensive. Let’s just all admit that right now. Books are a good way to go broke as quickly as possible, especially if you are like me and love the beautiful, hardback special editions of your favorite novels. Someday, I will have bookshelves worth millions. And I will still be broke. Seriously, though, how…

  • Snakes

    They pay us before we catch the first snake. Our reputation has spread for this kind of work, and now the villages we approach trust us enough to pay us before our work is done, however much we look like gypsies. I think they would rather not see us after the job is done anyway.…