Perfect Fifths Preview!
Megan McCafferty
“This is a final boarding call for passenger Jessica Darling.”
After Marcus heard it the first time, he made sure to listen extra
carefully the second time, just to confirm it was her name being
called over the public address system, and not a phantom echo in his
mind.
“This is a final boarding call for Clear Sky Flight 1884 with nonstop
service to Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Final boarding call for
passenger Jessica Darling.”
Jessica Darling...
Marcus feels overexposed, overstimulated, like his whole body is on
extrasensory alert. His nerves rattle and clang like the dirty
silverware carelessly thrown into plastic takeaway tubs by the too-
busy busboys. He tries to calm himself with a series of deep
inhalations and exhalations, but breathing cheeseburger smog only
makes him more queasy and ill-at-ease. The alarms going off in his
nervous system evoke erratic animal behavior preceding natural
disasters: a mass exodus of elephants seeking higher ground, dogs
wailing under door frames, rabbits clawing at cages, snakes shaken
from hibernation slithering through the snow. His instincts, too, urge
him to flee...
To read more of this excerpt, buy Fourth Comings in paperback when it
goes on sale tomorrow. Or come see me tomorrow night--Tuesday,
September 9th at 7PM--at the Barnes & Noble in Princeton, NJ
(Marketfair) where I'll read from Fourth Comings and an altogether
different excerpt from Perfect Fifths just for the fun of it. In the
tradition of book signings past, the first person who requests that I
sing a song--any song, though it helps if I actually know the words--
after I open the floor to questions will receive FREE STUFF. (See
today's (retro)blog for details.)
As always, thanks for reading!
Megan
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