"You never win against the house"

"You never win against the house" - I.D. by Joyce Carol Oates

"All that seemed long ago now"

"All that seemed long ago now" - I.D. by Joyce Carol Oates

"Who can tell us what the next step is?"

"Who can tell us what the next step is?" - I.D. by Joyce Carol Oates

"It brimmed and thrummed like rising yeast"

"It brimmed and thrummed like rising yeast" - Pumpkin Head by Joyce Carol Oates