[Two-Bit and the guys made a lot of jokes about Greenwood, the way that people always made jokes about the things that frighten them. They called it Little Africa and Soda had laughed at that once—like everyone else. But now that he was actually going over there, the humor went out of the situation in a real hurry.] Sodapop Curtis Oneshot.

"My father was never rough with anyone without meaning to be." What happens when Mr. Curtis actually means it? Curtis parents oneshot.

[Dad use to say people like Tim Shepard were raised on the edge of the devil's backbone. As I watch him spit blood in the face of one of the cop's after they cuff him, I figure he was right about that.] Darry oneshot.

[I lived in a house full of boys. Some of them were my own and others had been found. I loved them all something fierce… but every now and then a girl just needed some time away from it all.] Mrs. Curtis Oneshot.

["My mom never came to bail me out. Ever." Looking past the leather jacket, the scowl permanently planted on his lips, it was all too easy to imagine him sitting in jail at ten years old, small and towheaded trying so hard to be as tough as he talks. "She should have come," I said fiercely. "Your mother should have been there to get you, Dallas."] Twoshot.