Toparks, Kings of Cities or narrow territories, such as were the Kings of Sodome and Gomorrah, the Kings of Jericho and Ai.

Had he been doing “upper deckers” for years in his community?

The facial expression can be mask-like, almost frozen in an attitude which may suggest dissatisfaction, surly sulkiness, hatred, resentment, sadness or possibly just general gormlessness.

In the essay, I proposed that the very best storytelling was the kind where the writer and reader meet halfway, the writer only painting fifty percent of the picture and forcing the reader to fill in the rest.