#Paul McCarron

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Martin Lewis, Shadow Dance, 1930. Drypoint and sand ground.

According to Paul McCarron, author of a catalogue raisonné on Lewis's work, "The location depicted appears to be the intersection of Thirty-Fourth Street and Park Avenue, looking west."

Lewis has captured the bright summer sun setting across the Hudson River, its raking light forming long shadows from the figures walking east across Park Avenue. Among Lewis's most masterful prints are those depicting scenes of New York City life. These prints have historical interest, as the imagery captures the architecture and styles of the time, while simultaneously incorporating ephemeral moments. The time of day, the weather, the lighting, the street-level views--each aspect was important and added to the atmosphere of the scene. Lewis's use of shadows and light to create mood, life and movement is most powerful in his New York prints. Shadow Dance is among his most celebrated works, incorporating all of the aspects that make his prints such cherished glimpses into New York's bustling yester-year, while simultaneously capturing the timelessness of city life.

Photo & Text: Swann Auction Galleries

[lucapaulli]

Coda from and maps and plans on Vimeo.

A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things.

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Director: Alan Holly - instagram.com/qlqnhqlly Writers: Alan Holly and Rory Byrne - rorybyrne.ie Art direction & backgrounds: Ronan McMeel - ronanmcmeel.blogspot.ie Music: Shane Holly - shaneholly.ie Animation: Alan Holly, Rory Byrne and Eoghan Dalton - studiopowwow.com Colouring and shadows: Eimhin McNamara - paperpanther.ie Background painting: Áine McGuinness - ainemcguinness.ie Starring: Brian Gleeson, Orla Fitzgerald, Donie Ryan and Joseph Dermody Music recording: Paul Finan Voice recording: Tony Kiernan Sound design: Michelle Fingleton Sound editing: Andy Kirwan Sound mixing: Garret Farrell - screenscene.ie Musicians: Shane Holly, Aoife Dowdall, Katie O'Connor, Larissa O'Grady, Jenny Dowdall Emma Scott: Production Executive for the Irish Film Board Pauline McNamara: Executive Producer – RTE Fionnuala Sweeney: Film Specialist – Arts Council Jill McGregor: Schemes & Applications Co-ordinator for the Irish Film Board Thanks to Sean McCarron & Jennifer Evans

Funded under the Irish FIlm Board's Frameworks scheme irishfilmboard.ie/funding_programmes/Frameworks/65

[ulkaralakbarova]

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Jerry Fletcher: Mel Gibson Alice Sutton: Julia Roberts Dr. Jonas: Patrick Stewart Agent Lowry: Cylk Cozart Mr. Wilson: Steve Kahan Flip: Terry Alexander Cynic: Alex McArthur Justice Guard: Rod McLachlan Justice Guard: Michael Potts Justice Guard: Jim Sterling Public Works Man: Rich Hebert Clarke: Brian J. Williams Piper: G. A. Aguilar Henry Finch’s Secretary: Cece Neber Labao Alice’s Secretary: Saxon Trainor Grouchy Nurse: Sage Allen Nurse – Roosevelt Hospital: Joanna Sanchez Cop – Roosevelt Hospital: Michael Shamus Wiles Lawyer: Andrew Lauren Tech: Danny Smith Surveillance Operator: Sean Patrick Thomas Helicopter Pilot: Al Cerullo Cleet: Dean Winters Night Security – Federal Building: Rick Hoffman Surveillance Operator: Peter Jacobson Intern: Troy Garity Alice’s Father: Bert Remsen Jonas’ Aide: J. Mills Goodloe Old Man in Book Store: Leonard Jackson Film Crew: Director of Photography: John Schwartzman First Assistant Director: Jim Van Wyck Original Music Composer: Carter Burwell Producer: Joel Silver Editor: Kevin Stitt Producer: Richard Donner Casting: Marion Dougherty Assistant Editor: Kris Cole Associate Producer: Julie Durk Writer: Brian Helgeland Co-Producer: Richard Solomon Art Direction: Gregory Bolton Editor: Frank J. Urioste Co-Producer: Dan Cracchiolo Co-Producer: J. Mills Goodloe Post Production Supervisor: Ilyse A. Reutlinger Unit Production Manager: Helen Pollak Unit Production Manager: Nan Bernstein Freed Second Assistant Director: John G. Scotti Set Decoration: Casey Hallenbeck Set Designer: Lauren Cory Set Designer: Joseph G. Pacelli Jr. Set Designer: Thomas Betts Leadman: Steven Curtis Husch Still Photographer: Andrew Cooper Video Assist Operator: Martin Glover Underwater Director of Photography: Pete Romano Second Second Assistant Director: Sean McCarron Unit Publicist: Stephanie Pond-Smith Script Supervisor: Sioux Richards Key Grip: Les T. Tomita Best Boy Grip: Audie Aragon Dolly Grip: Brad Rea Location Manager: Robbie Goldstein Location Manager: David E. Kaufman Negative Cutter: Mo Henry Color Timer: David Orr “A” Camera Operator: Mitchell Amundsen Steadicam Operator: Neal Norton First Assistant Camera: Christopher Duskin First Assistant Camera: A. Anthony Cappello Second Assistant Camera: Thomas D. Lairson Jr. Second Assistant Camera: Charles B. Katz Camera Loader: Jacobus Marcus Supervising Sound Editor: Mark A. Mangini Supervising Sound Editor: George Simpson Sound Editor: Richard L. Anderson Sound Editor: Mike Chock Sound Editor: John Dunn Sound Editor: Julia Evershade Sound Editor: Eric Lindemann Sound Editor: Geoffrey G. Rubay Assistant Sound Editor: Oscar Mitt Assistant Sound Editor: Sonny Pettijohn Music Editor: Adam Milo Smalley Scoring Mixer: Michael Farrow Orchestrator: Sonny Kompanek Supervising ADR Editor: James Simcik ADR Editor: William C. Carruth ADR Editor: Denise Horta ADR Mixer: Troy Porter Sound Re-Recording Mixer: John T. Reitz Sound Re-Recording Mixer: David E. Campbell Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gregg Rudloff Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Jeffrey J. Haboush Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Kevin E. Carpenter Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Dan Hiland Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gary D. Rogers Foley Editor: Solange S. Schwalbe Foley Editor: Aaron Glascock Production Sound Mixer: Tim Cooney Boom Operator: Todd Bassman Chief Lighting Technician: Andy Ryan Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Brian Evans Assistant Costume Designer: Christopher J. Kristoff Costume Design: Ha Nguyen Production Design: Paul Sylbert Costume Supervisor: Kimberly Guenther Durkin Makeup Supervisor: Lee Harman Makeup Artist: Richard Dean Makeup Artist: Mel Berns Jr. Key Hair Stylist: Stephen Robinette Hairstylist: Lyndell Quiyou Hairstylist: Monique DeSart Property Master: Erik L. Nelson Assistant Property Master: Christopher Amy Special Effects Coordinator: Michael Meinardus Stunts: S...

[goalhofer]

2023-24 Nashville Predators Roster

Wingers

#9 Carl Forsberg (Östervåla, Sweden)

#14 Gustav Nyquist (Malmö, Sweden)

#36 Cole Smith (Brainerd, Minnesota)

#44 Kiefer Sherwood (New Albany, Ohio)

#77 Luke Evangelista (Toronto, Ontario)

Centers

#8 Cody Glass (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

#10 Colton Sissons (North Vancouver, British Columbia)

#13 Yakov Trenin (Chelyabinsk, Russia)

#18 Liam Foudy (Toronto, Ontario)*

#26 Philip Tomasino (Mississauga, Ontario)

#47 Michael McCarron (Grosse Pointe, Michigan)

#75 Juuso Pärssinen (Hämeenlinna, Finland)

#82 Tommy Novak (River Falls, Wisconsin)

#90 Ryan O'Reilly (Huron County, Ontario)* A

Defensemen

#2 Luke Schenn (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

#3 Jérémy Lauzon (Val-d'Or, Quebec)

#7 Marc Del Gaizo (Bernards Township, New Jersey)**

#22 Tyson Barrie (Colwood, British Columbia)

#24 Spencer Stastney (Mequon, Wisconsin)**

#27 Ryan McDonagh (St. Paul, Minnesota) A

#45 Alexandre Carrier (Quebec, Quebec)

#57 Dante Fabbro (Coquitlam, British Columbia)

#59 Roman Josi (Bern, Switzerland) C

Goalies

#32 Kevin Lankinen (Helsinki, Finland)

#74 Juuse Saros (Hämeenlinna, Finland)

[tonin-terets]

The Door (Live Score Version) from Foreign Fauna on Vimeo.

2020 presented us with so many challenges that it really was an "adapt or have-your-brain-break" situation. Hmmm, now that I think about it, maybe it was an "adapt AND a break-your-brain" situation. Either way, this film shows how sometimes you need to realign your thinking when presented with a seemingly insurmountable problem.

The Door premiered at Film Score Fest in St. Paul, MN on September 4, 2021 accompanied by a live score composed by Harriet Luck and performed by the Film Score Fest orchestra. The score was recorded at IPR in Minneapolis with oversight by Charlie McCarron. Enjoy!

A Film By: Foreign Fauna Frame-by-Frame Animation: Emory Allen 2D & 3D Animation: Alicia Reece Live Film Score Composed By: Harriet Luck Score Performed by: Film Score Fest Orchestra Sound: Emory Allen Special Thanks: Motion504

[imajust]

Lego star wars the force awakens halloween

From breakfast creations to treats and tricks, we cannot wait to see what kind of creativity this product will inspire. "Our new Shocking Orange cereal offers the classic flavor and crispy crunch of Kellogg's Rice Krispies Cereal, plus, the festive color of the fall. "We love seeing the scary-delicious treats families dream up with Kellogg's Rice Krispies Cereal for the Halloween season and beyond," said Sadie Garcia, Director of Brand Marketing at Kellogg Company. Just substitute Shocking Orange for Original in any Rice Krispies homemade treat recipe – it's that easy! Cereal lovers looking to get into the Halloween spirit can find Kellogg's Rice Krispies Shocking Orange Colored Cereal at retailers nationwide starting in August for a suggested retail price of $4.49 for a 7.50-ounce box and $5.49 for a 12-ounce box. The best part? Shocking Orange features the same original taste and crisped rice cereal crunch that families know and love, with the added fun of festive fall color, so it's easy to swap into any breakfast bowls or treat-making traditions. That's why Rice Krispies Shocking Orange Colored Cereal is colorful and creepy right out of the box. Credit: Kellogg'sįrom jack-o-lantern sweets to candy corn treats, Halloween is one of the most popular treat-making moments each year 1 so Snap, Crackle and Pop wanted to make it even easier for fans to scare up some spooktacular creations. The goal of which is for you to make treats that match up with the season, as you can see below where they made pumpkin-shaped sweets as an example. The company decided to go slightly nerdy with their cereal as we approach the haunting season, as you can now get a special Halloween-themed version of it for a limited time. This fun new animated special will hit the beach on August 5.Īre you looking forward to hitting the beach with the brick army on August 5 th? Sound off below.Kellogg's has revealed a new look to Rice Krispies for Halloween this time around, as you can now purchase orange-colored cereal. (L-R): Rose, Rey, Finn, Chewbacca, C-3PO and Poe in LEGO® STAR WARS SUMMER VACATION exclusively on Disney+. The Ultimate Star Destroyer, this is the first thing we saw in the original trilogy of Star Wars. Here are some popular Lego Star Wars sets to get you started. Produced in collaboration with Atomic Cartoons. Whether it’s the fight between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker or the moment when Luke Skywalker meets Darth Vader, recreate the iconic scenes from Star Wars. James Waugh, Josh Rimes, Jacqui Lopez, Jill Wilfert, Jason Cosler, Keith Malone, and Jennifer Twiner Mccarron are executive producers. TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK!ĭavid Shayne is writer and executive producer, and the director is Ken Cunningham. Tompkins as Rad Dee Bradley Baker as Boba Fett Ashly Burch as the Tour Droid Kyliegh Curran as Sidero Anthony Daniels as C-3PO Trevor Devall as Emperor Palpatine Allie Feder as Sy Snootles Jake Green as Poe Dameron Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker Ross Marquand as Han Solo Omar Miller as Finn Kevin Michael Richardson as Jabba the Hutt Matt Sloan as Darth Vader James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi Kelly Marie Tran as Rose Helen Sadler as Rey Skywalker Billy Dee Williams as Lando (Holovid) Matthew Wood as Ben Solo and Shelby Young as Leia Organa. “LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation” features the voices of: “Weird Al” Yankovic as Vic Vanko Yvette Nicole Brown as Colvett Valeria Thomas Lennon as Wick Cooper Paul F. Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader enjoy the sands of Scarif in LEGO® STAR WARS SUMMER VACATION exclusively on Disney+. LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens C-3PO Set 5002948. While searching for his friends, he encounters three Force ghosts: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Leia Organa, who each share their own unexpected stories of vacations gone wrong, helping him to understand that holidays are about more than just having fun. Christmas Decor Fall Crafts Halloween Crafts Halloween DIY Costumes Holiday Crafts Crafting Ideas Craft Savings. But Finn’s plan to have one last hurrah together quickly goes awry when he’s separated from the group. Looking for a much-needed break from stormtroopers and TIE fighters, Finn arranges a surprise vacation for his friends Rey, Poe, Rose, Chewie, BB-8, R2-D2, and C-3PO, aboard the ultra-luxurious Galactic Starcruiser, the Halcyon. “LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation,” which is set shortly after the events of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” features the voices of “Weird Al” Yankovic, Yvette Nicole Brown, Kelly Marie Tran, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, and returning cast members from previous “LEGO Star Wars” specials, and includes the new original song Scarif Beach Party performed by “Weird Al” Yankovic.

[pigeons-sitting-on-branches]

Neds (2010) Peter Mullan

12-10-2019

Some hard to watch violence and an interesting story of a downward spiral

[arbores--loqui--latine]

guess where I was last night!!! ☺️

[disneytva]

Start popping that corn… it’s summer, and Lucasfilm and the LEGO Group have a new animated special just around the corner; set shortly after the events of ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,’ the latest entry in the popular branded cross-saga storytelling hits Disney+ Friday August 5.

Looking for a much-needed break from stormtroopers and TIE fighters, Finn arranges a surprise vacation for his friends Rey, Poe, Rose, Chewie, BB-8, R2-D2, and C-3PO, aboard the ultra-luxurious Galactic Starcruiser, the Halcyon. But Finn’s plan to have one last hurrah together quickly goes awry when he’s separated from the group. While searching for his friends, he encounters three Force ghosts: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Leia Organa, who each share their own unexpected stories of vacations gone wrong, helping him to understand that holidays are about more than just having fun.

LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation features the voices of “Weird Al” Yankovic as Vic Vankoh; Yvette Nicole Brown as Colvett Valeria; Thomas Lennon as Wick Cooper; Paul F. Tompkins as Rad; Dee Bradley Baker as Boba Fett; Ashly Burch as the Tour Droid; Kyliegh Curran as Sidero; Anthony Daniels as C-3PO; Trevor Devall as Emperor Palpatine; Allie Feder as Sy Snootles; Jake Green as Poe Dameron; Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker; Ross Marquand as Han Solo; Omar Miller as Finn; Kevin Michael Richardson as Jabba the Hutt; Matt Sloan as Darth Vader; James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi; Kelly Marie Tran as Rose; Helen Sadler as Rey Skywalker; Billy Dee Williams as Lando (Holovid); Matthew Wood as Ben Solo; and Shelby Young as Leia Organa. It also includes the new original song “Scarif Beach Party” performed by Yankovic.

The film is written and executive produced by David Shayne and directed by Ken Cunningham; James Waugh, Josh Rimes, Jacqui Lopez, Jill Wilfert, Jason Cosler, Keith Malone, and Jennifer Twiner Mccarron also serve as executive producers. LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation is produced in collaboration with Atomic Cartoons.

[jackieishappy]

Day 3 of Training Camp / Pt. 3

Images: @canadiensmtl

[ambrossart]

PAPER MEN

— CHAPTER 15

SUMMARY: All Evelyn Tozier wanted to do was make Derry High School a safer place for her kid brother. Well, somewhere between kissing Patrick Hockstetter and telling the principal to go f*** himself, things got a little off track. Now she’s stuck in the middle of a bizarre love triangle with two of Derry’s most troubled teens while her little brother and his friends hunt down a creepy, child-eating circus clown. This year, summer can’t come fast enough. PAIRINGS: Henry Bowers x Tozier!Sister; Patrick Hockstetter x Tozier!Sister WARNINGS: violence, profanity, sexual content, bullying, sexual assault, physical abuse, emotional abuse, all kinds of abuse, trauma, mental illness, implied/referenced self-harm, child death, angst, lots of angst, recreational drug use, underage drinking, underage sex, love triangles, toxic relationships, slow burn, slow build

WORD COUNT: 6,484

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On Wednesday, Evelyn rode the school bus until it stopped at the corner of Washington and Liberty Street. Paul had asked her to drop off Denny Booker’s assignments on his behalf (Paul said he had a dentist appointment after school, but knowing him, that could have easily been a lie), and Evelyn was too nice to decline. “Sure, Paul,” she said. “No problem!” Her little brother would call her a sucker for agreeing so easily (and not demanding something in return), but she liked to believe he would do the same if it were one of his friends.

Or perhaps she was giving Richie too much credit.

The bus stopped at McCarron Park and four kids got off.

Evelyn said to Hannah-Beth, “You know, I’m getting really worried about Denny. He’s been out of school a long time, and that just isn’t like him at all. I wonder what’s wrong with him.”

Hannah-Beth didn’t seem as concerned. “It’s probably the flu,” she said while she read her book. This one was about a Southern belle and a Yankee soldier who fall in love during the Civil War era. Evelyn assumed it was something like Gone with the Wind, only without the war, tragedy, and racism. Hannah-Beth closed it temporarily, using her finger as a bookmark, and said, “I remember when I had the flu. I was sick as a dog for like ten days: fever, aches, chills, everything. I hardly left my bed.”

Evelyn grimaced. “Oh, that sounds awful. I hope I don’t catch it, whatever he has. I’m supposed to see Jake on Saturday.”

“What?” said Hannah-Beth. She set her book aside and forgot all about it. “When did this happen? I thought you turned Jake down.”

“I did, but my plans got canceled.” Evelyn was still upset about that. It hurt to get pushed aside after putting in so much effort, but what could she do? It was Henry’s decision, not hers. She had to accept it. “So I figured, why not?”

“Why not, indeed!” Hannah-Beth said with a silly grin. “Oh, I knew you were lying when you said you didn’t like Jake, I just knew it! You’re a terrible liar, Evie, and I love you for it.”

Evelyn thought her friend was getting a little carried away. “I wasn’t lying, though. I honestly don’t know how I feel about Jake. I admire him and respect him and yes, I do find him attractive.” It was hard not to. Jake had those gorgeous green eyes and that charming, boyish smile that came to him so naturally. He was intelligent and articulate, confident without seeming arrogant, and so very kind. In a word, he was perfect. “And yet, I can’t really see myself dating him. I know that doesn’t make a lot of sense, but to me it just feels wrong, very wrong, like I’m doing something I shouldn’t.”

Hannah-Beth nodded like she understood, but Evelyn wondered if she really did.

“I know what your problem is,” Hannah-Beth said. “No, listen, I really think I’ve figured it out. See, you only see Jake as the student body president, and that makes you feel weird because you see him as, like, your superior or something. What you need to do is see Jake more like a regular guy, get to know him outside of school and student council. Then you’ll get over whatever’s tripping you up.”

“That’s… really insightful, actually.” Evelyn was surprised. “I can’t believe I never thought of it like that. It seems so obvious now.”

Perhaps a little too obvious, but she pushed that thought away.

Hannah-Beth saw Evelyn frown. “Hey, don’t beat yourself up. I practically stole that from a book I read over the summer. A mousy secretary has a steamy love affair with her boss and—you know what, I shouldn’t spoil it for you. You might actually like that one. Tell you what, I’ll bring it to school tomorrow and you can read it before your date with Jake. Maybe it’ll give you some inspiration, hmm?”

Evelyn recoiled, blushing, as Hannah-Beth came at her with puckered lips. “Oh, I don’t think I need that kind of inspiration. It’s not really a date, anyway. We’re just going to the library.”

Hannah-Beth pulled away. “Don’t be so sure. Anything can be a date nowadays.”

“Really? Anything?”

“Yup! So you gotta be prepared.”

Hannah-Beth sounded so confident, Evelyn couldn’t help but nod. “And what exactly should I be prepared for?”

“For when he tries to… well, you know… make a move.”

“Make a move?” When Evelyn said those words, her stomach got all twisted up. “You really think Jake’s gonna do that?”

“Well…” Hannah-Beth seemed less certain now as she pressed her lips together. “I’d say it’s definitely possible. He’s already broken the touch barrier multiple times.”

“He has?”

“Well, sure. Why do you think he’s always putting his hand on your shoulder when he talks to you? He’s testing your comfort level, seeing how far you’ll let him go.”

“How far?” Evelyn’s head was spinning. Was Jake really thinking about that every time he touched her? She always assumed he was just being friendly.

The bus driver made two more stops along Kanas Street and then one on Costello Avenue.

“Pay attention to his body language, okay?” Hannah-Beth said. “If he sits close to you and starts talking in a really low voice, then he’s trying to draw you in. Also, pay close attention to his face, particularly his eyes and his mouth. If you notice him staring at your lips a lot, that means he’s thinking about kissing you. And if he starts biting or licking his lips while staring at you, then he really wants to kiss you.” She touched her finger to her own lips and let out a dreamy sigh. “You might wanna start practicing your kissing technique if you haven’t already. It’ll make you less nervous when the time comes. I use my hand, but a pillow works, too.”

“I don’t need to practice,” Evelyn muttered, but Hannah-Beth wasn’t listening anymore. She was lost in a beautiful daydream, smiling into the late afternoon sun without a care. Evelyn decided to leave her alone.

I hope you get your first kiss soon, Hannah, and I hope it’s absolutely perfect.

When her stop finally came, Evelyn grabbed her backpack and stood up. “I’ll see you tomorrow, Hannah. Thanks for all the advice.”

It hadn’t really helped, though. In fact, it only made her more nervous.

Evelyn had never been to the Booker house before. Paul scribbled the address on a piece of paper, but his handwriting was so bad Evelyn had a hard time distinguishing a three from a five or a six from an eight. Once she got off the bus, she asked a couple of eighth-grade girls to point her in the right direction. They said the Bookers lived in a little blue house with a porch swing and a big tree in the front yard.

“You can’t miss it.”

“Well, you could, but you probably won’t.”

“Yeah… If you see train tracks, you’ve gone too far.”

Evelyn nodded. “Right, thanks.”

She found the house at the end of the block. It was a charming blue bungalow with a white porch swing, lots of potted flowers, and a huge sycamore tree in the front yard. Evelyn stood beneath it for a moment, captivated by its size, then proceeded to ring the doorbell. It chimed clearly and beautifully, but nobody answered.

Evelyn rang a second time.

Finally, Mrs. Booker answered the door, and Evelyn wondered if she’d caught her at a bad time. The woman had her purse in hand and seemed about ready to leave—for a night out on the town, perhaps. She was wearing high, high heels and a skimpy dress that accentuated her teeny-tiny waist. Her dirty blonde hair was teased and pinned up on one side, leaving the rest to tumble down in big, voluminous curls that shimmered when they caught the sunlight.

Mrs. Booker was a beautiful woman, Evelyn thought, but she had a very nasty habit. Tucked neatly between her fingers was an ultra-slim lady’s cigarette. She smoked it gracefully, letting the smoke swirl around her lips for a moment before fanning it away.

“Can I help you, sweetie?”

Evelyn almost forgot why she was there. “Sorry to bother you, Mrs. Booker—”

“Ms.”

“I’m sorry?”

“It’s Ms. Booker, dear. I never bothered with marriage.”

“Oh, sorry… Anyway, I’m Evelyn Tozier, one of Denny’s classmates. I’ve come to drop off his homework assignments.”

Ms. Booker leaned against the doorframe. “Well, isn’t that sweet,” she said, looking Evelyn up and down. “You his girlfriend or something?”

“No,” Evelyn said, but Denny would have taken her first kiss if he hadn’t been so nervous at Marcia Silcott’s birthday party. A small part of her wished he had. It would have made her life a lot less complicated.

“Now, that’s a shame,” said Ms. Booker. “My son could use a cute little thing like you. Might get him outta the house more often.”

She laughed to herself, a hoarse smoker’s laugh that completely lacked warmth and affection. It startled Evelyn.

“Well, I think Denny’s a real nice boy.”

“Bit a wallflower, though, don’tcha think?”

“No, I wouldn’t say that.” Denny seemed to get along just fine with the guys in their grade. He didn’t talk much himself, but Evelyn always saw him smiling and laughing. “Anyway, everyone at school’s been asking about him, sending their good wishes and all. I think they’ll be really excited to have him back once he’s finally feeling better. Do you have any idea when that might be?”

Ms. Booker rolled her eyes. “How should I know? I’m certainly not the one keeping him home all day. If I could, I’d drag him there by the ear, but what good’ll that do me? He’ll just get himself sent home again, come up with some silly excuse, and I’ll be right back where I started. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind if the kid plays hooky every now and then, but he could at least do something productive with his time, you know? Instead of sitting up in his room all day…”

Evelyn didn’t understand. “Well, if he’s not feeling well, he should rest, shouldn’t he?”

“He’s feeling fine. It’s his nerves that are all messed up. The boy’s as skittish as a damned cat right now. Go on up and see for yourself if you don’t believe me.”

“Go see him? Is that really okay?”

“Sure, go right ahead.”

Evelyn wondered if she should. She hadn’t intended to make this a long visit. Besides, she and Denny weren’t particularly close. They had a couple of classes together and spoke occasionally, but it always became awkward after a while. Denny tended to get a little flustered around girls, spent more time stammering than actually speaking.

“Well, I suppose I could…”

And before Evelyn knew it, she was walking up the carpeted steps to Denny’s bedroom while his mother prepared to leave. She said she was meeting a man in Bangor for dinner and drinks.

“And I expect to be home very, very late if you know what I mean.” She tossed Evelyn a wink, then slipped out the door. “Bye-bye, sweetie!”

In her confusion, Evelyn almost wished the woman good luck, but then she remembered that this wasn’t one of her teenage girlfriends—this was Denny’s mother, a grown woman well into her thirties—and something about that made her giggle.

She proceeded to Denny’s room and knocked on the door.

“Denny? It’s Evelyn from school.”

There was a rustling sound on the other side. Then came Denny’s muffled voice, high and squeaky with panic.

“Evelyn? Why are you—?” He stopped to clear his throat. “What are you doing here?”

“I’ve come to check on you. Can I come in?”

Evelyn thought she heard him yelp.

“What?” he said. “You wanna come in, in here? Uhhhhhh, you know, now’s not a really good time. You see, I’m, I’m very sick, and I, uh, I wouldn’t want you to catch it.”

“Your mother doesn’t seem to think you’re sick.”

“Yeah, well…”

Evelyn tried again. “Can I please come in? I’ll leave if you want, but I’d really like to see you, Denny, if that’s all right.”

She waited for his answer, but it never came.

Or perhaps the silence is his answer. Ever think of that, you dum-dum? That’s what you get for being such a nosy little pest. Henry’s right, you really need to learn to respect people’s boundaries. Keep this up and one of these days you’re going to get yourself into a lot of trouble—a whole lot—and then you’ll be really kicking yourself.

Evelyn sighed. “Well, okay… Bye, Denny.”

She gasped, freezing in mid-turn, as the door was suddenly yanked open. Denny Booker appeared in the doorway, scratching the top of his head. He mumbled an apology under his breath.

“I, uh, I had to change.”

“Oh.” That was why his clothes looked so mismatched and disheveled. Had he just snatched them out of the hamper? Evelyn hoped not. “I’m sorry to catch you off guard like this, Denny. Paul asked me to bring your homework and I guess I got a little curious. Thank you for seeing me.”

Denny smiled shyly and pointed toward the stairs. “You, um, wanna head downstairs? I was gonna get something to drink if, if you don’t mind.”

Evelyn didn’t mind at all. She followed Denny down to the kitchen and sat down at the table while he poured himself a glass of water. He asked if she wanted anything—tea, water, soda—and Evelyn said she was fine, just fine.

She opened her backpack and started to unload it. “I brought my biology notes, too. I figured they might be a little more useful than Paul’s notes. He has such awful penmanship, doesn’t he?”

Denny chuckled behind his glass. It was a wonderful sound. “Thanks, Evelyn,” he said. “I promise I’ll return them right away.”

That made Evelyn smile, a hopeful smile. “You can keep them until you’re ready to come back to school. That should be soon, right? Everybody really misses you. Skelly doesn’t have anybody to laugh at his jokes anymore. I think he’s getting depressed.”

His voice shrank. “Oh… well…”

Denny took another drink. This time, Evelyn noticed his hand shaking.

Skittish as a cat. Isn’t that what his mother said? Now she was really worried.

Evelyn leaned onto her forearms. “What is it, Denny? Why don’t you wanna come to school?”

He put down the glass and stared out the patio door. Evelyn looked too, but there was nothing out there, just a slab of concrete and some patio furniture: two chairs, a table, and a bright red doghouse. Funny, Evelyn thought, I didn’t know Denny had a dog. She hadn’t heard one when she came in, and it didn’t seem to be in the backyard either. The little red house was empty.

Denny’s voice called her back: “You’re an observant person, aren’t you?”

“Observant?” She blushed and shook her head. “Not especially, no.”

“You’re just being modest. What I mean is, you pay attention to people, right? Like… do you remember back in the fifth grade? We were on our way to the museum, and you came and sat next to me on the bus and started blabbing about how much you love field trips. Do you remember why you did that?”

Vaguely, she did. “You just seemed a little down, I guess.”

“Yeah, I was. My grandma was in the hospital.”

Evelyn gasped. “Oh, I’m so sorry, Denny. Is she all right now?”

Denny smiled. “Yeah, she’s fine, but that’s not the point. See, when it happened, I didn’t say a word about it to anyone, but somehow you just knew. Do you get what I mean now? You notice things, things most people probably wouldn’t. That’s how I know I can trust your opinion.”

Evelyn swallowed his words and gave a solemn nod. “All right. What is it, Denny?”

Whatever it was, she could handle it. Mr. Burke had a whole wall of pamphlets in his office—the brightly colored ones that were supposed to appeal more to teenagers. Except no one at her school ever took them; they always went straight into the bin. Evelyn didn’t throw hers away, though. She read them all front to back and kept a few of them in her backpack just in case… well, in case somebody ever needed them.

Evelyn was thinking about those brightly colored pamphlets now, wondering which, if any, would help Denny with whatever problem he was facing. Was it anxiety? Depression? Maybe he was just really stressed about school. Maybe he was failing a class. Maybe…

“What do you think about Patrick Hockstetter?”

Evelyn blinked twice, confused. She thought she had misheard him.

“You’re asking me about Patrick?” she said, but her voice came from far away, from a place of utter disbelief. This had to be a joke—a prank—and Denny would burst out laughing soon (Psych!) and tell her what was actually bothering him.

But Denny only nodded. He wasn’t smiling anymore, either.

He’s not joking, Evelyn realized, a heaviness now crushing her chest. She took a deep breath. “Okay… well, for starters, I think the whole school’s a little too preoccupied with him.” This conversation was proof of that. “As for me, I don’t really have much of an opinion. A lot of the girls think he’s a big creep, though.”

Denny seemed disappointed by her answer. “I guess I should’ve expected that. Umm, well, do you remember what Patrick was like when we were kids? All the fucked up shit he used to do?”

“Honestly, no, I don’t have any memories of Patrick at all.”

And now that sounded very strange to her. Someone as weird as Patrick was bound to leave an impression, wasn’t he?

Denny ran his fingers through his copper-red hair, tugging at it with frustration. “Okay, but you heard about it, right? About the pencil case filled with dead flies? About the—about the fridge? You must have heard about that.”

“Well, yeah, I heard about it, but I always just assumed that was hallway gossip. I mean, it sounds too outrageous to be true.” Patrick was a weirdo, all right, but he didn’t seem like the type to go around killing innocent animals. Only a truly disturbed person would do something like that. “I’m sorry, Denny. I know that’s probably not what you want to hear.”

Denny shook his head. “No, it’s okay. You’re just being honest.”

He went to take another drink, but his glass was empty apart from a few drops. Denny drank from it anyway, going through the motions, and then for some reason, he started to laugh—a nervous, panicked laugh that made Evelyn feel a tad uneasy. She glanced towards the front door and thought it might be time to leave.

“Denny, why are we talking about Patrick all of a sudden? What does he have to do with this?”

She flinched when he slammed the glass onto the table.

“Because everybody seems to have forgotten,” he said, like it was the punchline to a hilarious joke. “Everybody forgot what he was like, but not me. I remember because I saw it. I saw the trash bag; I saw it move! And I told, Evelyn. I ratted him out. And they took away his fridge and sent him away. He went away for a whole year and came back different. Changed. Except he’s not really different. If you look close enough, you’ll see it. The mask slips. It slips and you see the monster underneath. I saw it back then and I told. Don’t you get it, Evelyn? It was me! He knows it was me! That’s why he took my dog!”

A chill ran through her. “Your dog?”

Yes, now she remembered. The little red house in the backyard, it was empty.

“When did it go missing?”

“Last week. Patrick comes back from suspension, and all of a sudden my dog goes missing? That can’t be a coincidence.”

“Well, it very well could be,” Evelyn said. “Maybe your dog just slipped out the door when you weren’t paying attention. That happens sometimes, Denny. Pets get out. They run away. That doesn’t mean Patrick took your dog.”

“But he did!” Denny yelled. “I know he did!”

“How? How could you possibly know that?”

Denny didn’t answer. His face went pink and he started to sob uncontrollably. It was a terrible, heartbreaking sound that nearly brought Evelyn to tears herself. Without thinking, she climbed out of her chair and rushed over to him, wrapping her arms around his trembling shoulders. He felt so small in her arms, so fragile, like a child. Evelyn didn’t know what to do.

“Please, Denny,” she said, “you have to come back to school. It’s not good for you to stay cooped up like this, obsessing like you are. You’ll only make yourself sick if you do. Please, Denny. Come back, be with your friends, and I promise you’ll feel better. Patrick’s not after you. He really isn’t. It’s just in your head.”

Gradually, Denny’s sobs subsided until they were nothing more than quiet sniffles. Evelyn went to refill his water glass. When she set it back down, he thanked her and took a few slow sips. He apologized for shouting at her. Evelyn smiled and told him not to worry about it. Then, just as she was about to return to her seat, Denny took her arm and looked at her with desperate, pleading eyes.

“You really think it’s just in my head?” he asked.

Evelyn opened her mouth to speak, then fell silent as a sense of dread suddenly washed over her. She remembered those stories, all those horrible, terrifying stories that at first seemed too disturbing to be true. Puppies and kittens locked away in the cold, in the dark, unable to breathe. Who could do something like that? Not Patrick. Certainly not Patrick.

(Only a monster)

But then Evelyn started to think about Sasha Gunt, about the belt that Patrick had wrapped around her neck, pulling it tighter and tighter until everything went black; and Evelyn realized, with a frightening spark of clarity, that she really had no idea what Patrick Hockstetter was capable of.

“Yes, Denny,” she said, now only half believing. “It’s all in your head.”

Evelyn didn’t go straight home after her visit with Denny. She had meant to, but somewhere along the way, she got distracted.

Once again, her curiosity got the better of her.

Now she was stretching on the tips of her toes and struggling to see through a pair of multi-pane windows. The sheer white curtain made it almost impossible, but maybe… Evelyn moved closer, pushing her palms onto the glass, and caught a glimpse of her own reflection. Her brown eyes widened. Shame cut through her like a hot knife.

Am I really doing this right now? she thought. Staring through a stranger’s window like some peeping tom?

In the living room, a table lamp flicked on and a shadow moved across the room. Evelyn staggered backwards, catching her sweater sleeve on a prickly bush. Another sprang up on her right and nipped at her jeans. She yanked hard, stumbled sideways, and tripped over the brick edging before scrambling across the lawn.

Remember what happened to the curious cat? a voice asked, laughing at her. Here, let me spell it for you: D-E-A-D!

Gasping, Evelyn collided with someone on the sidewalk and got thrown off balance. Her hands flew up, found the firmness of a man’s chest, and gently pushed.

“I - I’m sorry,” she croaked, a flush of embarrassment warming her face. “I wasn’t looking where I was…”

She looked up and met a familiar pair of grey-green eyes.

“Patrick,” she said, whispering his name, “what are you…?”

“Doing here?” Patrick asked, stealing the words from her mouth. Evelyn nodded weakly and he chuckled to himself—a low, amused rumble. “I live here, Evelyn, but you already knew that, didn’t you?”

“Yes,” she said, ashamed. “I know this is your house.”

Patrick made a disapproving tsk-tsk sound with his tongue. “And they call me a stalker,” he said, grinning as a guilty frown wrinkled Evelyn’s face. “What are you doing here, Evelyn? You’re a long way from home.”

Six blocks, to be exact, and Evelyn couldn’t remember walking a single one of them.

“I just wanted to see your house.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know anymore.”

She had hoped it would help make sense of what Denny Booker was saying. You could tell a lot about a person from their house. Wasn’t that a common saying? Well, maybe not common, necessarily, but Evelyn was sure she’d heard it somewhere. Regardless, the phrase wasn’t true in this case. Evelyn learned nothing from the Hockstetter house. It was silent, and stubbornly so, in its perfection. White paneled walls stood neatly upon a foundation of brown brick. The roof was grey and steeply sloped, accented with three dormer windows that stared out, unblinking. Evelyn could feel them watching her now.

“I’m sorry, Patrick,” she said. “It was rude of me to come here.”

“Yeah, it was,” he said, “but why stop here? If you’re so curious, why not ask for the full tour, hmm?”

Evelyn knew he was mocking her. “That’s not necessary, Patrick.”

“Why not? You came all this way, didn’t you? Don’t you wanna have a look inside?” His eyes flashed once, tempting her. Then Patrick turned off the sidewalk and started walking up the narrow gravel path. Over his shoulder, he said, “You can if you want. I don’t mind.”

Evelyn stayed behind for a moment, debating. No, just go home, Evelyn. Go home now. Nothing good will come from following Patrick into that house.

She knew that, and yet…

Patrick was on the stoop now, dragging his feet up the stone steps. When he reached the top, he pushed the door wide open and paused before heading inside. “Well?” he said to her. “You coming or not?”

Evelyn nodded once—a quick jerk of her head—then ran to join him.

Inside, the house was clean and tidy, with natural hardwood floors and large, beautiful windows. The entryway branched off in three directions: straight ahead was a staircase leading up to the second floor; to the right was a formal dining room; and to the left was a cozy living room with floral upholstered furniture, soft shag rugs, and brass and glass finishings. A lovely room, but Evelyn couldn’t picture Patrick sitting in it, not with those filthy boots. He was tracking dirt all over the floor.

Evelyn stopped to wipe her shoes on the entry mat: one foot, then the other.

Patrick swung left, heading into the living room. Evelyn followed. From there, a short hallway emptied into a brightly lit kitchen, where Evelyn could smell the sweet, nutty aroma of coffee and freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Mrs. Hockstetter was sitting at the small table, her brown hair tied into a loose bun at the nape of her neck. She dunked a cookie into her coffee as she gazed out the window.

“You’re home early,” she said in a delicate voice. “I haven’t started dinner yet. We’re having chicken in case you were wondering.”

“Chicken’s fine,” said Patrick. He went to the counter and poured himself a cup of coffee from the pot. No cream. No sugar. He drank it bitter and black and then hoisted himself onto the counter.

His mother observed him for a moment (as Patrick absentmindedly kicked his heels against the bottom cupboard). “Your hair’s getting long again.”

Patrick tossed it back. “Is it? I hadn’t noticed.”

“You should get it cut soon.”

“Yeah, maybe.”

Meanwhile, Evelyn was fidgeting in the hallway, feeling like an intruder.

Patrick looked at her and smirked. “Well? Aren’t you gonna say hi to my mom?”

“Hmm?” Mrs. Hockstetter turned around in her chair. She had dull grey-green eyes, a shade darker than her son’s. “Who’s this?” she asked Patrick. “A friend of yours?”

Patrick snickered at that. “No, I don’t think she considers us friends.”

Evelyn shot him a glare, then approached his mother with an outstretched hand. “It’s very nice to meet you, Mrs. Hockstetter. I’m Evelyn Tozier. Patrick and I go to school together.”

The woman took her hand. Her skin was warm and soft.

“It’s nice to meet you, Evelyn,” said Mrs. Hockstetter, smiling. She motioned toward an empty chair. “Come, sit down and chat for a while. My son never lets me meet his friends, so you’ll have to indulge me for just a bit.” She slid the cookie plate across the table. “Here, have one. Oh, and some coffee! I just brewed a fresh pot.”

Before Evelyn could refuse, Mrs. Hockstetter was up from her chair and pouring a third cup of coffee from her pot. “You take cream and sugar, I assume. You seem like a girl who enjoys sweet things.”

“Yes,” Evelyn said. “Thank you very much.”

Mrs. Hockstetter set the cup down and returned to her chair. “So what brings you here?” she asked. “Are you two working on a school project?”

Evelyn reached for her cup. It was bone-white and decorated with sunflowers. “Actually—”

“Evelyn just wanted to see the house,” Patrick blurted out, intent on embarrassing her. “She was practically begging me to let her inside. Isn’t that right, Evelyn?”

Evelyn felt her face get hot. “Yes,” she said. “I really wanted to see your house.”

Mrs. Hockstetter tipped her head curiously. “But why? It’s a terribly normal house. I don’t think you’ll find anything interesting here.” She giggled to herself, a merry sound, and continued sipping her coffee. “I’d offer to give you a tour, but I’m afraid it’d be too noisy. You understand, don’t you?”

“Of course,” Evelyn said, and she brought the cup to her lips and drank.

It tastes… old, like it was brewed this morning. But that can’t be right, can it? She said she just brewed it. Yes, I’m sure she did.

Mrs. Hockstetter pointed toward the drawings on the fridge. “Do you see those? Patrick did those when he was a boy. I’ve kept every single one.”

“How nice,” Evelyn said, even though there was nothing nice about them. In fact, they were rather unsettling. Colorless scribbles. They don’t look like anything at all.

“He doesn’t draw anymore, though,” his mother said, and for a moment she frowned. “To be honest, I don’t know what he does.”

Patrick jumped down from the counter, landing hard on his feet. Mrs. Hockstetter lowered her cup. Quiet, her eyes said. Then she stood up from the table, smoothed out her skirt, and went to the fridge. “I suppose I should start dinner now. We’re having chicken in case you were wondering.”

Evelyn’s brow furrowed. But didn’t she already—?

All of a sudden, Patrick was beside her, pulling her up by her elbow. “Chicken’s fine,” he told his mother. And for the second time, Evelyn thought, staring up at his face. Maybe it was just her imagination, but he looked kind of… irritated. He knows it, too. I’m not going crazy. They had this exact conversation just minutes ago.

But Patrick acted like everything was normal. “Let’s leave my mom to her cooking.”

Evelyn thought that was a great idea. She followed him back into the hallway, to a closed door that opened to a flight of stairs plunging into darkness. That’s where she hesitated.

“What’s down there?” she asked.

Patrick slapped the top of the doorframe. “My room, obviously. Don’t you wanna see it? Or would you rather stay up here and hang out with my mom some more?”

Evelyn shook her head.

“Thought so,” Patrick said, and he went down first.

Back in the kitchen, Mrs. Hockstetter was rummaging through her pots and pans. “I don’t mind if you have company,” she said, “but please try to keep your voices down, okay? Otherwise, you’ll wake the baby.”

Evelyn’s foot touched the step and drew back. Baby?

Halfway down, Evelyn said, “I didn’t know your parents had another baby.”

“They didn’t,” said Patrick. He tugged on the pull-chain, filling the room with light.

Evelyn looked around. Patrick’s bedroom, she realized, wasn’t actually a room at all. It was an unfinished basement—cold, dark, damp—with cracked concrete floors and exposed plaster walls that closed around her like a tomb. Evelyn could feel the cool earth beneath her feet, making her shiver in her sneakers. In the winter, I would surely freeze. How can someone live down here?

Old, mismatched furniture was scattered about haphazardly. Against one wall was a wooden dresser that was missing its bottom drawer; against another was a metal desk without a chair. A folding table here. A couple of trunks there. Clutter everywhere. In the middle of the room stood a cracked glass coffee table and two tattered sofa chairs; one was an olive-colored La-Z-Boy recliner (Patrick’s favorite chair), and the other was yellow with brown stains.

Evelyn found his bed last, tucked within the shadow of the stairway. The bare mattress lay crooked upon a black metal frame, covered with a tangled mess of blankets.

All the while, the washing machine churned and churned, an annoying, repetitive sound.

“Doesn’t that bother you?” Evelyn asked.

“Nope,” Patrick said. He plopped onto his recliner and gave the lever a good yank. “I don’t even notice it anymore.”

“Oh. Well, it would drive me crazy.”

Evelyn wandered over to the dresser, drawn by all the junk thrown on top of it. There she found a duct tape wallet with a canary-yellow library card hidden in the fold (DERRY PUBLIC LIBRARY was stamped on the top. Evelyn had one too, but hers was much newer: crisp and freshly laminated). Next to that was a small bundle of leather bracelets, a few rings of various sizes, half a dozen empty lighters, some bottle caps, paperclips, pencils, pens, and

“Fahrenheit 451,” Evelyn mused, picking up the dusty book. “Wow, you actually read it.”

A playful voice tickled her ear: “Don’t you feel stupid now?”

Evelyn squirmed away and spun around. Behind her, Patrick was grinning.

“I don’t feel stupid,” she said, “but I am surprised.”

There were other books there, too. Evelyn fingered through the small stack and discovered they all had one thing in common: “You’re really into dystopian literature, aren’t you?”

“Not really,” Patrick said. “That one’s my favorite, though.” He tapped his finger against the creased paper cover of Lord of the Flies. A very good book, but Evelyn found it far too disturbing to read more than once.

“Civility is just an illusion,” Patrick went on. “Deep down, we’re all savages. I kinda like the sound of that.”

“Do you?” said Evelyn. “Well, I don’t believe it.”

“No?”

She shook her head. “I believe people are inherently good.”

“That’s kinda naive, isn’t it?”

“Maybe.”

Patrick rolled his eyes and walked away.

Overhead, the floorboards creaked as Mrs. Hockstetter moved about the kitchen. Evelyn listened to the sounds of her cooking—water rushing out of the faucet, drawers opening and closing, knives chopping, pans clanking, and Mrs. Hockstetter’s constant humming. Happy, she sounded so happy. It’s like she’s living in her own little dream. Does she really not know…?

Evelyn turned around. “Has she talked to anybody? Like a therapist or…?”

“Sure,” said Patrick from his bed. “She’s talked to lots of people and taken just about every pill you can imagine.” He walked his feet up the overhanging steps one by one, let them fall, then started again. “Believe it or not, this is one of her better days. She used to just sleep all the time. Let the whole house go to shit. Depression’s a bitch, isn’t it?”

Evelyn sat down on the edge of the bed. The mattress was hard and lumpy.

“And your dad?” she asked. “Where is he?”

“Moved out a few years ago. I hardly ever see him.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. I don’t mind it.”

“Still…” Evelyn wiped her eyes. She hadn’t realized she was crying.

Patrick groaned. “Are you really gonna be crying the whole time? If I’d known you were gonna do that, I wouldn’t have bothered bringing you down here.” He kicked the wooden step and sent dust flying into the air.

“Why did you bring me down here?” Evelyn asked.

Patrick smirked. “To take advantage of you.”

“I think you’re lying.”

“Yeah?” He sat up on his elbows. “Wanna bet?”

“No, Patrick,” Evelyn said, and wiped away another tear.

A moment later, she felt the mattress dip beside her. “Stop crying,” Patrick said. “It’s getting really annoying.”

“I’m sorry, but I can’t help it. It’s just too—”

The rest of the words got tangled in her throat. Patrick’s fingers coiled around her arm, squeezing, then yanking. Evelyn gasped. Her feet came up off the floor, practically flying. Then all she heard was the sound of metal. It moaned and groaned as Patrick threw his weight around, slamming her down and pinning her to the mattress.

Upstairs, Mrs. Hockstetter’s humming stopped… then carried on.

Evelyn squirmed when she felt Patrick’s hot breath on her neck. “Patrick, don’t,” she said, and her hands went up to push him away. “You… You promised you wouldn’t touch me, remember?”

(Not unless I ask you to)

Patrick chuckled into her ear. “Yeah, but that was a deal between friends, and we’re not friends anymore, are we?”

She winced as his lips made contact with her skin. It was a wet, sloppy kiss, filled with frustration, lust, and—most shocking of all—anger.

Her eyes widened. “You’re mad at me, aren’t you?”

Patrick pulled away to look at her. His pale face was calm.

“No,” he said, and slipped his hand between her legs.

Evelyn sucked in a sharp breath. “Yes, you are. I can feel it. I caught you off guard when I showed up today, didn’t I? You didn’t want me anywhere near your house.”

He was unzipping her jeans now. The brass buttons came undone so easily.

“I’m, I’m sorry, Patrick,” she said, shuddering beneath him. “I never should have come here, okay? I’m sorry. I’m really, really sorry! Now, please… please, just stop!”

Before he could go any further, she clamped her hand over his, stopping it but not pushing it away. Her other hand went to his chest and curled into his shirt. That’s when Patrick suddenly looked at her, his head cocked to one side.

Puzzled. Why did he seem so puzzled?

He rolled off her and onto his back. “Go home, Evelyn. I’m done playing with you.”

Evelyn lay there for a moment, shaking, stunned and terrified, and for a second she thought she might start crying again. He almost… Oh my god, he almost… But he wouldn’t have really done it, would he? He wouldn’t have…

She fastened her jeans quickly, pulled herself off the bed, ran upstairs and out the front door.

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NHL Expansion Draft 2021: Full list of players available for Seattle Kraken

The NHL announced the protected lists for the 30 teams involved in the NHL Expansion Draft. (Vegas is exempt.) With the names of those protected come the guys who could be snatched up by the Seattle Kraken. There are a number of big names that have everyone trying to figure out just what general manager Ron Francis will do. Will he take Canadiens netminder, and future Hall of Famer, Carey Price and his hefty cap hit? Is Vladimir Tarasenko the sniper he needs or is his health a big question mark? There's also a number of guys who would fit in nicely but are free agents and the chances of signing them are not high (i.e. Alex Ovechkin).  EXPANSION DRAFT: Date, time, rules & more for Seattle Kraken team selectionRegardless of what Francis, coach Dave Hakstrol and Co. end up doing, there's a good chance the Kraken will be a playoff contender in just their first season. For now, let the intrigue and the guessing WWRFD (that's: what will Ron Francis do?) begin. Here's a look at every player they can pick.

List of players made available by all 30 NHL teams

Anaheim DucksAndrew Agozzino (F) David Backes (F) Sam Carrick (F) Chase De Leo (F) Ryan Getzlaf (F) Derek Grant (F) Danton Heinen (F) Adam Henrique (F) Vinni Lettieri (F) Sonny Milano (F) Andrew Poturalski (F) Carter Rowney (F) Nick Sorensen (F) Alexander Volkov (F) Trevor Carrick (D) Haydn Fleury (D) Brendan Guhle (D) Jacob Larsson (D) Josh Mahura (D) Kevin Shattenkirk (D) Andy Welinski (D) Ryan Miller (G) Anthony Stolarz (G)Arizona CoyotesDerick Brassard (F) Michael Bunting (F) Brayden Burke (F) Michael Chaput (F) Hudson Fasching (F) Christian Fischer (F) Frederik Gauthier (F) John Hayden (F) Dryden Hunt (F) Andrew Ladd (F) Lane Pederson (F) Tyler Pitlick (F) Blake Speers (F) Tyler Steenbergen (F) Jason Demers (D) Cam Dineen (D) Alex Goligoski (D) Jordan Gross (D) Niklas Hjalmarsson (D) Ilya Lyubushkin (D) Dysin Mayo (D) Aaron Ness (D) Jordan Oesterle (D) Vili Saarijarvi (D) Josef Korenar (G) Marek Langhamer (G) Antti Raanta (G)Boston BruinsAnton Blidh (F) Paul Carey (F) Peter Cehlarik (F) Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (F) Taylor Hall (F) Cameron Hughes (F) Ondrej Kase (F) Alex Khokhlachev (F) Joona Koppanen (F) David Krejci (F) Karson Kuhlman (F) Sean Kuraly (F) Curtis Lazar (F) Greg McKegg (F) Nick Ritchie (F) Zach Senyshyn (F) Chris Wagner (F) Linus Arnesson (D) Connor Clifton (D) Steven Kampfer (D) Jeremy Lauzon (D) Kevan Miller (D) John Moore (D) Mike Reilly (D) Jarred Tinordi (D) Jakub Zboril (D) Callum Booth (G) Jaroslav Halak (G) Tuukka Rask (G)Buffalo SabresDrake Caggiula (F) Jean-Sebastien Dea (F) Cody Eakin (F) Steven Fogarty (F) Zemgus Girgensons (F) Andrew Oglevie (F) Kyle Okposo (F) Tobias Rieder (F) Riley Sheahan (F) Jeff Skinner (F) C.J. Smith (F) Will Borgen (D) Brandon Davidson (D) Matt Irwin (D) Jake McCabe (D) Colin Miller (D) Casey Nelson (D) Michael Houser (G) Carter Hutton (G) Dustin Tokarski (G)Calgary FlamesByron Froese (F) Glenn Gawdin (F) Justin Kirkland (F) Josh Leivo (F) Milan Lucic (F) Joakim Nordstrom (F) Matthew Phillips (F) Zac Rinaldo (F) Brett Ritchie (F) Buddy Robinson (F) Derek Ryan (F) Dominik Simon (F) Mark Giordano (D) Oliver Kylington (D) Nikita Nesterov (D) Alexander Petrovic (D) Michael Stone (D) Louis Domingue (G) Tyler Parsons (G)Carolina HurricanesMorgan Geekie (F) Steven Lorentz (F) Jordan Martinook (F) Max McCormick (F) Brock McGinn (F) Nino Niederreiter (F) Cedric Paquette (F) Sheldon Rempal (F) Drew Shore (F) Spencer Smallman (F) Jake Bean (D) Jake Gardiner (D) Eric Gelinas (D) Jani Hakanpaa (D) Dougie Hamilton (D) Maxime Lajoie (D) Roland McKeown (D) Joakim Ryan (D) David Warsofsky (D) Antoine Bibeau (G) Jeremy Helvig (G) Petr Mrazek (G) James Reimer (G) Dylan Wells (G)Chicago BlackhawksRyan Carpenter (F) Brett Connolly (F) Josh Dickinson (F) Adam Gaudette (F) Vinnie Hinostroza (F) Brandon Pirri (F) John Quenneville (F) Zack Smith (F) Calvin de Haan (D) Anton Lindholm (D) Nikita Zadorov (D) Collin Delia (G) Malcolm Subban (G)Colorado AvalancheTravis Barron (F) Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (F) Matt Calvert (F) J.T. Compher (F) Joonas Donskoi (F) Sheldon Dries (F) Vladislav Kamenev (F) Gabriel Landeskog (F) Ty Lewis (F) Jayson Megna (F) Liam O'Brien (F) Brandon Saad (F) Miikka Salomaki (F) Kiefer Sherwood (F) Carl Soderberg (F) T.J. Tynan (F) Mike Vecchione (F) Kyle Burroughs (D) Dennis Gilbert (D) Erik Johnson (D) Jacob MacDonald (D) Patrik Nemeth (D) Dan Renouf (D) Devan Dubnyk (G) Jonas Johansson (G) Hunter Miska (G)Columbus Blue JacketsZac Dalpe (F) Max Domi (F) Nathan Gerbe (F) Mikhail Grigorenko (F) Ryan MacInnis (F) Stefan Matteau (F) Cliff Pu (F) Kole Sherwood (F) Kevin Stenlund (F) Calvin Thurkauf (F) Daniel Zaar (F) Gavin Bayreuther (D) Gabriel Carlsson (D) Adam Clendening (D) Michael Del Zotto (D) Scott Harrington (D) Dean Kukan (D) Cameron Johnson (G)Dallas StarsNick Caamano (F) Andrew Cogliano (F) Blake Comeau (F) Justin Dowling (F) Tanner Kero (F) Joel L'Esperance (F) Adam Mascherin (F) Matej Stransky (F) Taylor Fedun (D) Ben Gleason (D) Joel Hanley (D) Niklas Hansson (D) Julius Honka (D) Jamie Oleksiak (D) Mark Pysyk (D) Andrej Sekera (D) Sami Vatanen (D) Ben Bishop (G) Landon Bow (G) Colton Point (G)Detroit Red WingsRiley Barber (F) Kyle Criscuolo (F) Turner Elson (F) Valtteri Filppula (F) Sam Gagner (F) Luke Glendening (F) Darren Helm (F) Taro Hirose (F) Vladislav Namestnikov (F) Frans Nielsen (F) Bobby Ryan (F) Evgeny Svechnikov (F) Dominic Turgeon (F) Hayden Verbeek (F) Alex Biega (D) Dennis Cholowski (D) Danny DeKeyser (D) Christian Djoos (D) Joe Hicketts (D) Dylan McIlrath (D) Marc Staal (D) Troy Stecher (D) Jonathan Bernier (G) Kevin Boyle (G) Kaden Fulcher (G) Calvin Pickard (G)EXPANSION DRAFT: Full list of players protected by all 30 teamsEdmonton OilersTyler Benson (F) Alex Chiasson (F) Adam Cracknell (F) Tyler Ennis (F) Joseph Gambardella (F) Seth Griffith (F) Dominik Kahun (F) Jujhar Khaira (F) Cooper Marody (F) James Neal (F) Alan Quine (F) Patrick Russell (F) Devin Shore (F) Anton Slepyshev (F) Kyle Turris (F) Bogdan Yakimov (F) Tyson Barrie (D) Oscar Klefbom (D) Slater Koekkoek (D) Dmitry Kulikov (D) William Lagesson (D) Adam Larsson (D) Kris Russell (D) Mikko Koskinen (G) Mike Smith (G) Alex Stalock (G)DUNCAN KEITH: Oilers add three-time Stanley Cup championFlorida PanthersNoel Acciari (F) Patrick Bajkov (F) Juho Lammikko (F) Ryan Lomberg (F) Brad Morrison (F) Aleksi Saarela (F) Frank Vatrano (F) Lucas Wallmark (F) Alex Wennberg (F) Scott Wilson (F) Lucas Carlsson (D) Kevin Connauton (D) Tommy Cross (D) Radko Gudas (D) Noah Juulsen (D) Brady Keeper (D) Brandon Montour (D) Markus Nutivaara (D) Ethan Prow (D) Anton Stralman (D) Philippe Desrosiers (G) Chris Driedger (G) Sam Montembeault (G)Los Angeles KingsAndreas Athanasiou (F) Michael Eyssimont (F) Martin Frk (F) Carl Grundstrom (F) Bokondji Imama (F) Brendan Lemieux (F) Blake Lizotte (F) Matt Luff (F) Drake Rymsha (F) Austin Wagner (F) Mark Alt (D) Daniel Brickley (D) Kale Clague (D) Olli Maatta (D) Kurtis MacDermid (D) Jacob Moverare (D) Austin Strand (D) Christian Wolanin (D) Troy Grosenick (G) Jonathan Quick (G)Minnesota WildWilliam Bitten (F) Nick Bjugstad (F) Nick Bonino (F) Joseph Cramarossa (F) Gabriel Dumont (F) Marcus Johansson (F) Luke Johnson (F) Victor Rask (F) Kyle Rau (F) Mason Shaw (F) Dmitry Sokolov (F) Matt Bartkowski (D) Louie Belpedio (D) Ian Cole (D) Brad Hunt (D) Ian McCoshen (D) Brennan Menell (D) Dakota Mermis (D) Carson Soucy (D) Andrew Hammond (G) Kaapo Kahkonen (G)Montreal CanadiensBrandon Baddock (F) Joseph Blandisi (F) Paul Byron (F) Phillip Danault (F) Laurent Dauphin (F) Jonathan Drouin (F) Michael Frolik (F) Charles Hudon (F) Corey Perry (F) Michael Pezzetta (F) Eric Staal (F) Tomas Tatar (F) Lukas Vejdemo (F) Jordan Weal (F) Cale Fleury (D) Erik Gustafsson (D) Brett Kulak (D) Jon Merrill (D) Gustav Olofsson (D) Xavier Ouellet (D) Shea Weber (D) Charlie Lindgren (G) Michael McNiven (G) Carey Price (G)Nashville PredatorsMichael Carcone (F) Nick Cousins (F) Matt Duchene (F) Mikael Granlund (F) Rocco Grimaldi (F) Erik Haula (F) Calle Jarnkrok (F) Ryan Johansen (F) Sean Malone (F) Michael McCarron (F) Rem Pitlick (F) Anthony Richard (F) Brad Richardson (F) Colton Sissons (F) Yakov Trenin (F) Frederic Allard (D) Matt Benning (D) Mark Borowiecki (D) Erik Gudbranson (D) Ben Harpur (D) Josh Healey (D) Tyler Lewington (D) Connor Ingram (G) Kasimir Kaskisuo (G) Pekka Rinne (G)New Jersey DevilsNathan Bastian (F) Christoph Bertschy (F) Brandon Gignac (F) A.J. Greer (F) Andreas Johnsson (F) Ivan Khomutov (F) Nicholas Merkley (F) Brett Seney (F) Ben Street (F) Marian Studenic (F) Will Butcher (D) Connor Carrick (D) Josh Jacobs (D) Ryan Murray (D) David Quenneville (D) Colby Sissons (D) P.K. Subban (D) Matt Tennyson (D) Colton White (D) Evan Cormier (G) Aaron Dell (G) Scott Wedgewood (G)New York IslandersJosh Bailey (F) Cole Bardreau (F) Kieffer Bellows (F) Casey Cizikas (F) Austin Czarnik (F) Michael Dal Colle (F) Jordan Eberle (F) Tanner Fritz (F) Joshua Ho-Sang (F) Ross Johnston (F) Otto Koivula (F) Leo Komarov (F) Kyle Palmieri (F) Richard Panik (F) Dmytro Timashov (F) Travis Zajac (F) Sebastian Aho (D) Braydon Coburn (D) Andy Greene (D) Thomas Hickey (D) Mitchell Vande Sompel (D) Parker Wotherspoon (D) Ken Appleby (G) Cory Schneider (G)New York RangersColin Blackwell (F) Jonny Brodzinski (F) Phillip Di Giuseppe (F) Gabriel Fontaine (F) Julien Gauthier (F) Tim Gettinger (F) Barclay Goodrow (F) Anthony Greco (F) Ty Ronning (F) Anthony Bitetto (D) Brandon Crawley (D) Tony DeAngelo (D) Nick DeSimone (D) Mason Geertsen (D) Jack Johnson (D) Darren Raddysh (D) Brendan Smith (D) Keith Kinkaid (G)EXPANSION DRAFT FRENZY: Ryan Ellis, Jared McCann, Barclay Goodrow among players swapped before trade freezeOttawa SenatorsAvailable Vitaly Abramov (F) Michael Amadio (F) Artem Anisimov (F) J.C. Beaudin (F) Clark Bishop (F) Evgenii Dadonov (F) Jonathan Davidsson (F) Ryan Dzingel (F) Micheal Haley (F) Jack Kopacka (F) Zachary Magwood (F) Matthew Peca (F) Logan Shaw (F) Derek Stepan (F) Chris Tierney (F) Josh Brown (D) Cody Goloubef (D) Mikael Wikstrand (D) Joey Daccord (G) Anton Forsberg (G) Marcus Hogberg (G) Matt Murray (G)Philadelphia FlyersAndy Andreoff (F) Connor Bunnaman (F) David Kase (F) Pascal Laberge (F) Samuel Morin (F) German Rubtsov (F) Carsen Twarynski (F) James van Riemsdyk (F) Jakub Voracek (F) Mikhail Vorobyev (F) Chris Bigras (D) Justin Braun (D) Shayne Gostisbehere (D) Robert Hagg (D) Derrick Pouliot (D) Nate Prosser (D) Tyler Wotherspoon (D) Brian Elliott (G) Alex Lyon (G) Felix Sandstrom (G)Pittsburgh PenguinsPontus Aberg (F) Anthony Angello (F) Zach Aston-Reese (F) Josh Currie (F) Frederick Gaudreau (F) Mark Jankowski (F) Sam Lafferty (F) Sam Miletic (F) Evan Rodrigues (F) Colton Sceviour (F) Brandon Tanev (F) Jason Zucker (F) Cody Ceci (D) Kevin Czuczman (D) Mark Friedman (D) Jesper Lindgren (D) Andrey Pedan (D) Marcus Pettersson (D) Juuso Riikola (D) Chad Ruhwedel (D) Yannick Weber (D) Casey DeSmith (G) Maxime Lagace (G)San Jose SharksRyan Donato (F) Kurtis Gabriel (F) Dylan Gambrell (F) Jayden Halbgewachs (F) Maxim Letunov (F) Patrick Marleau (F) Matt Nieto (F) Marcus Sorensen (F) Alexander True (F) Christian Jaros (D) Nicolas Meloche (D) Jacob Middleton (D) Greg Pateryn (D) Radim Simek (D) Martin Jones (G)St. Louis BluesSam Anas (F) Sammy Blais (F) Tyler Bozak (F) Kyle Clifford (F) Jacob de la Rose (F) Mike Hoffman (F) Tanner Kaspick (F) Mackenzie MacEachern (F) Curtis McKenzie (F) Austin Poganski (F) Zach Sanford (F) Jaden Schwartz (F) Nolan Stevens (F) Vladimir Tarasenko (F) Nathan Walker (F) Robert Bortuzzo (D) Vince Dunn (D) Petteri Lindbohm (D) Niko Mikkola (D) Mitch Reinke (D) Steven Santini (D) Marco Scandella (D) Jake Walman (D) Evan Fitzpatrick (G) Jon Gillies (G) Ville Husso (G)Tampa Bay LightningAlex Barre-Boulet (F) Blake Coleman (F) Ross Colton (F) Yanni Gourde (F) Tyler Johnson (F) Mathieu Joseph (F) Boris Katchouk (F) Alex Killorn (F) Pat Maroon (F) Boo Nieves (F) Ondrej Palat (F) Taylor Raddysh (F) Gemel Smith (F) Otto Somppi (F) Mitchell Stephens (F) Daniel Walcott (F) Luke Witkowski (F) Andreas Borgman (D) Fredrik Claesson (D) Sean Day (D) Cal Foote (D) Brian Lashoff (D) Dominik Masin (D) Jan Rutta (D) David Savard (D) Luke Schenn (D) Ben Thomas (D) Christopher Gibson (G) Spencer Martin (G) Curtis McElhinney (G)MORE: Maroon fourth player to win three straight Stanley Cups with two different teamsToronto Maple LeafsAvailable Kenny Agostino (F) Joey Anderson (F) Adam Brooks (F) Pierre Engvall (F) Nick Foligno (F) Alex Galchenyuk (F) Zach Hyman (F) Alexander Kerfoot (F) Kalle Kossila (F) Denis Malgin (F) Jared McCann (F) Riley Nash (F) Stefan Noesen (F) Nic Petan (F) Scott Sabourin (F) Wayne Simmonds (F) Jason Spezza (F) Antti Suomela (F) Joe Thornton (F) Zach Bogosian (D) Travis Dermott (D) Ben Hutton (D) Martin Marincin (D) Calle Rosen (D) Frederik Andersen (G) Michael Hutchinson (G) David Rittich (G)Vancouver CanucksSven Baertschi (F) Justin Bailey (F) Jay Beagle (F) Travis Boyd (F) Loui Eriksson (F) Jonah Gadjovich (F) Tyler Graovac (F) Jayce Hawryluk (F) Matthew Highmore (F) Lukas Jasek (F) Kole Lind (F) Zack MacEwen (F) Petrus Palmu (F) Antoine Roussel (F) Brandon Sutter (F) Jimmy Vesey (F) Jake Virtanen (F) Madison Bowey (D) Guillaume Brisebois (D) Jalen Chatfield (D) Alexander Edler (D) Travis Hamonic (D) Brogan Rafferty (D) Ashton Sautner (D) Josh Teves (D) Braden Holtby (G)Washington CapitalsDaniel Carr (F) Nic Dowd (F) Shane Gersich (F) Carl Hagelin (F) Garnet Hathaway (F) Axel Jonsson-Fjallby (F) Alex Ovechkin (F) Garrett Pilon (F) Brian Pinho (F) Michael Raffl (F) Michael Sgarbossa (F) Conor Sheary (F) Zdeno Chara (D) Brenden Dillon (D) Nick Jensen (D) Lucas Johansen (D) Michal Kempny (D) Paul LaDue (D) Cameron Schilling (D) Justin Schultz (D) Craig Anderson (G) Pheonix Copley (G) Zach Fucale (G) Vitek Vanecek (G)Winnipeg JetsMason Appleton (F) Marko Dano (F) Jansen Harkins (F) Trevor Lewis (F) Skyler McKenzie (F) Mathieu Perreault (F) Paul Stastny (F) CJ Suess (F) Nate Thompson (F) Dominic Toninato (F) Nathan Beaulieu (D) Jordie Benn (D) Dylan DeMelo (D) Derek Forbort (D) Luke Green (D) Sami Niku (D) Nelson Nogier (D) Tucker Poolman (D) Mikhail Berdin (G) Laurent Brossoit (G) Eric Comrie (G) Cole Kehler (G) Read the full article

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Alexander Radulov: [point’s to Michael’s shirt] What colour is Michael’s shirt?

Paul Byron: Gray?

Thomas Plekanec: It’s light gray.

Andrei Markov: It’s gray. 

Alexander Radulov: Now tell them what colour you think it is. 

Michael McCarron: [very quietly] Dark white... 

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2019-20 Montreal Canadiens Roster

Wingers

#11 Brendan Gallagher (Tsawwassen, British Columbia) A

#34 Michael McCarron (Grosse Pointe, Michigan)

#40 Joel Armia (Pori, Finland)

#41 Paul Byron (Ottawa, Ontario) A

#62 Artturi Lehkonen (Turku, Finland)

#90 Tomas Tatar (Dubnica Nad Vahom, Slovakia)

#92 Jonathan Drouin (Saint-Agathe-Des-Monts, Quebec)

Centers

#13 Max Domi (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

#14 Nick Suzuki (London, Ontario)

#15 Jesperi Kotkaniemi (Pori, Finland)

#21 Nick Cousins (Belleville, Ontario)

#24 Phillip Danault (Victoriaville, Quebec)

#43 Jordan Weal (North Vancouver, British Columbia)

#44 Nate Thompson (Anchorage, Alaska)

Defensemen

#6 Shea Weber (Sicamous, British Columbia) C

#8 Ben Chiarot (Hamilton, Ontario)

#17 Brett Kulak (Edmonton, Alberta)

#20 Cale Fleury (Calgary, Alberta)

#26 Jeff Petry (Farmington Hills, Michigan)

#28 Mike Reilly; Jr. (Chanhassen, Minnesota)

#32 Christian Folin (Kungsbacka, Sweden)

#53 Victor Mete (Toronto, Ontario)

#58 Noah Juulsen (Abbotsford, British Columbia)

Goalies

#31 Carey Price (Anahim Lake, British Columbia)

#37 Keith Kinkaid (Farmingville, New York)

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Montréal Canadiens 2019-20 Opening Day Roster

Forwards Joel Armia Paul Byron “A” Nick Cousins Phillip Danault Max Domi Jonathan Drouin Brendan Gallagher “A” Jesperi Kotkaniemi Artturi Lehkonen Nick Suzuki Tomas Tatar Nate Thompson Jordan Weal

Defensemen Ben Chiarot Cale Fleury Christian Folin Brett Kulak Victor Mete Jeff Petry Mike Reilly Shea Weber “C”

Goaltenders Keith Kinkaid Carey Price

Injured: Noah Juulsen, Michael McCarron, Gustav Olofsson, Joel Teasdale