Henry Rider: Clown Hunter, Chapter Thirty
aesop quipped, coming to stand on ethan's other side. "you realize that's her factory setting, right?"
Henry Rider: Clown Hunter, Chapter Twenty
"that's what it is," he said to aesop, and then rolled the ball an inch towards himself. "right?" "uh, i'm..." a bead of sweat rolled down aesop's face. finally, with the bowling ball reflected in his eyes, he swallowed and nodded. "yeah.
Henry Rider: Clown Hunter, Chapter Thirty Two
aesop snapped. "but jade..." _"just shut up!"_ reluctantly, ethan stayed where he was, which was good because legion would have ripped aesop's head off if he had loosened his grip even a little. i wasn't worried about jade.
Henry Rider: Clown Hunter, Chapter Eighteen
The mission: find something to trade for aesop's stupid book. mission guidelines: don't turn this into another life threatening misadventure.
Henry Rider and the First Hunter's Hammer

Peabody bays mournfully, and aesop snorts a jet of steam against your jacket.
Henry Rider: Clown Hunter, Chapter Thirty One
aesop and jade were huddled together on the far side of the room, but where was... there. ethan poked his head up from beneath grandpa teddy's desk. it only lasted a second, but a second was all legion needed.
Henry Rider: Clown Hunter, Chapter Thirteen
Everyone i knew -- dad, mom, mcgus, aesop, jade, and grandpa teddy -- were sitting around the hospital bed. cousin gumdrop lurked in the corner, leaning against the wall, giving me a smug grin as if she'd been waiting years for this.
Fables & Follies
#1 of verse fables four adaptations from aesop's fables into english verse. i'm getting back to my roots on this one.
Henry Rider and the NuYu Prescription: Chapter Six
"i may, or may not," he said, still refusing to look me in the eye, "be selling gold to aesop and his dad whenever we go to their store." _“gold?"_ i asked in disbelief. “do i even want to ask where you've been getting _that?"
The Worm and the Fish
I shouldn't read aesop's fables after two years of working in call centers. it makes things come into my head and it makes my fingers type them.