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The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker cover image

T. Coraghessan Boyle Reads “Princess”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

CHAPTER

The Story of a Home Invasion

The 911 operator had instructed Dawn to stay in her room with the door locked and definitely not try to confront whoever it was who'd broken into the house. The police arrived within ten minutes, give them credit there. They found the girl in Tammy's bed fast asleep. Her comperter and sheets stripped back and thrown on the floor as if they were in no use to her. Cameron must have forgotten to lock his bedroom door. That was automatic for him even if he was just jumping up from the console to get a soda out of the refrigerator. Not Tammy's laptop or iPad or anything else as far as she could see. Which was strange. And then the whole thing with the bed

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