State Of Wonder, by Ann Patchett

The news of Anders Eckman's death came by way of Aerogram, a piece of bright blue airmail paper that served as both the stationery and, when folded over and sealed along the edges, the envelope.

The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith

Tom glanced behind him and saw the man comng out of the Green Cage, heading his way.

Two Girls Fat And Thin, by Mary Gaitskill

I entered the strange world of Justine Shade via a message on the bulletin board in a laundromat filled with bitterness and the hot breath of dryers.

Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein

Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith.