The boy looks into Mugwump eyes blank as obsidian mirrors, pools of black blood, glory holes in a toilet wall closing on the Last Erection.

they were beyond earshot of the American commander, Capt. James Lawrence, who implored his men: Don't give up the ship! (or words to that effect).

[…]and the fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking for nothing at all.

Unlike dog men, cat men tend not to go in for extreme sports, but when they do, it usually takes the form of rock climbing[.]