When I was writing Adjustments, I had no idea where the Barbie head Will found in a parking lot was going to go. Turns out she went pretty much everywhere, but without ever really telling us where she’d been. And that’s okay. She helped untangle some other things I might not have seen coming. And really, who doesn’t want to know more about a Barbie head with such a clean neck cut?

“Look, Doll,” Will said, picking a pebble out of her hair. “Heads don’t just go missing in parking lots. Especially with such a clean neck cut. Your story is safe with me.”

Barbie head photo courtesy @tspoetry .