On the Wings of la Noche: List 3: When Worlds Collide–Grand Portage Agate and Smoked Fish and the Castillos

by Vanessa L. Torres
Struggling with her grief over her girlfriend's untimely death and her responsibility to guide her soul into the afterlife, Noche's life is further complicated when she begins to fall for a new boy in town.

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List 1, List 2, List 3, List 4, List 5
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  1. effervescent
    giving off bubbles
    Her ghost appears to fizzle when she moves, her figure effervescent and more transparent.
  2. enamored
    marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
    I couldn’t be more enamored with Dante.
  3. stagnant
    not circulating or flowing
    We’re under a dome of thick timber, where the heavy boughs have deprived the ground of sun, preserving the dead of winter. The air is stagnant.
  4. teeming
    abundantly filled with especially living things
    To my ears, the forest is alive and teeming with nocturnals doing their thing.
  5. negligence
    the trait of ignoring responsibilities and lacking concern
    I curse the ravens, convinced they are to blame for alerting the stranger to my negligence.
  6. matinee
    a theatrical performance held during the daytime
    Papa gave himself a rare day off from the food truck to take Ma out for a matinée movie date.
  7. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
    I point to a spot below a stand of evergreen trees in the distance, large patches of tenacious snow dotting the property.
  8. kick the bucket
    die
    “It’ll do for me when I kick the bucket,” he says, then folds his hands over his chest.
  9. haute couture
    trend-setting fashions
    “She is—was so creative. She could make an haute couture dress out of a garbage bag.”
  10. feasibility
    the quality of being doable
    But I know the answer—Dante and I are proof of the feasibility.
  11. sidle
    move unobtrusively or furtively
    The tether anchored to my center unravels as Jax sidles in close.
  12. translucent
    allowing light to pass through diffusely
    Gorgeous works of art—translucent owls superimposed over human forms.
  13. pantomime
    act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements
    She must notice my brain struggling, because she grumbles and pantomimes having claws.
  14. dole
    bestow, as in small portions
    She doles them out to each place setting, and without a word, everyone sits at once, as if I missed some sort of secret signal.
  15. tentative
    hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
    I take a tentative bite of my rice, my stomach so empty, it’s over being hungry.
Created on Mon Aug 03 07:36:32 EDT 2026 (updated Tue Aug 25 14:57:34 EDT 2026)

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