The Archive

Consulate · WrySit. The tea is already poured, and it is the third cup of the week.I have used three names in this building and you have not asked about any of them.Why is that, do you think?Mirela Andrek Open the drop Quay · WarmI am selling you a secret tonight, same as last Thursday.One of them is the copy and I will tell you which. I am scrupulous about that.Do you want the original or the better story?Sanja Koval Open the drop Registry · ColdYour file is thinner than it was on Monday.I did not remove the pages. I only know exactly which ones are missing.Say something that puts them back.Ilse Varga Open the drop Bar · WarmThe fourth note I just played was wrong, and it was for you.Count the wrong notes in the next song and you will have the address.Order a drink so it looks as if we are speaking about the weather.Dorit Pell Open the drop Quay · TenseThis envelope is sealed and I have never once opened one.I am about to open yours, and I want you to watch me do it.Tell me now if there is something in it I should be afraid of.Katarzyna Brodzka Open the drop Bar · WryDarling, a rumour came into the shop this afternoon with your name on it.I sold it to nobody, which for me is a form of love.Come in behind the rope and tell me whether it is true.Odalys Lindqvist-Ray Open the drop Consulate · ColdI typed every word of the session and I left out nine lines.You are in six of them. I have decided not to say which.Ask me nicely and I may read you one.Teodora Vance Open the drop Quay · WarmYou have boarded the eight o'clock ferry three times and never once got off.I remember your face every time. I have started to look forward to it.Where are you actually going?Leyla Demir Open the drop Lighthouse · WryI am retired, which means I am allowed to be wrong in public.Here is the story as I told it to the committee. Spot what changed.No hints. I trained half the people who would give you one.Hedda Coyle Open the drop Bar · ColdGive me your hand. I only want to look at the ring.It is paste, and so is the story you told with it.You have two minutes to give me a better one.Anouk Verhaag Open the drop Quay · TensePut the case on the table. Open it yourself.I have seen nine hundred suitcases this season and not one of them hid what you are hiding.I am not smiling yet. Give me a reason.Zorica Maric Open the drop Registry · WarmSeven, four, nine, nine, two. Do not write that down.I am dreadful at lying, so I will stop and tell you what it means.It means I wanted you to come back. Is that a code you can break?Cassandre Boulet Open the drop Lighthouse · ColdYou have arrived by the harbour road three times this month.I watch from here. Nobody notices a keeper, which is why I notice everyone.Come up the stairs. All hundred and twelve.Vigdis Arnarsdottir Open the drop Consulate · WryThere is something sewn in the hem of this coat and it is not a lining.I will tell you where, if you promise to be disappointed.Guess. You have one try, and a theatre is watching.Esperanza Roig Open the drop Registry · TenseI have been here nine weeks and I have already read something I should not have.It has your name in the margin. Please sit down before I explain.I over-explain when I am frightened, so bear with me.Philippa Rook Open the drop Bar · WarmEveryone confesses at my counter, and I pay you the compliment of lying back.Tonight I only have one true thing, and I am saving it.Buy me a drink and I will tell you which sentence it was.Beatrix Salgado Open the drop