"Give me the power of immortality, the power
of flight,
the power of Santa Claus!"
On Christmas Eve, right at the stroke of midnight,
if you see the Christmas Star, you can make a wish.
"Live the myth now."
We've done nothing wrong.
Or at least you haven't.
Wrong, it seems, is all I can ever do.
"Come on, Ron. Let's stop playing games.
What you want is health, wealth, and happiness for Number One, right?"
"Phil, this stupid box could end your career."
Book Reviews: Gardens of the Moon (Steven Erikson), Ghost Writer (Staci Layne Wilson), Thunderland (Brian Massey), Faith Journey through Fantasy Lands (Russell W. Dalton)
"Take it easy, guys, it's nothing to do with us; besides, we're still tripping, and the last place you wanna be tripping is around a fresh car crash."
110 fucking degrees. Oh man, oh man oh man oh man.
"You don't really believe that legend about the lake monster?"
The lifeguard was different, almost separate,
from the rest of the waterfront staff.
Ellis ran, thudding along the needle-strewn path
past the silent, statue-like figures.
Book Reviews: Even the Stones (Marie Jakober) & Soul Tracker (Bill Myers)
It was like a whole world's voices crying out from
the bed
o' that there garbage truck.
"We must get Weller to help us open the grave!"
"Ya'll ready for this?"
I fall, prostrate, before him, and giggle
uncontrollably as my hands melt and begin winding their way
to a storm drain, silently disappearing into its depths.
Book Reviews: Shivers III (Richard Chizmar, Ed.), A Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon Bestwick), & The Apparition Trail (Lisa Smedman)
Book Reviews: The Turtle Boy (Kealan Patrick Burke) & Somnambulists (Allen Ashley)
Dinner would be over soon and the reckoning would begin.
The tune of the old waltz came from behind the closed
doors in front of her.
Clear, crystal sounds, as if somebody were playing a piano made of ice.
"I said, what is this goddamn thing doing in
my nose,
and when the hell will you be getting it out?"
Book Reviews: Eden (Ken Wisman) & The Sound of White Ants (Brian Howell)
Sooner or later, they would find their way to
Grimoires and Alchemical Protocols.
" One capsule before each workout and watch the change!"
"I loved your brother, but what happened to him
in the operating room
was an accident."
Book Reviews: Firethorn (Sarah Micklem) & Wolfkin (Elaine Corvidae)
" The Krobbolytes have been fishing this ocean for millennia. Do you think we were the first to be sold to them? They have always needed Longseers, and our people have always needed what they catch."
" You know, I'm deathly afraid of spiders, too. You know that, don't you? I explained it to you guys one time, right?"
"The Earl's library contained two thousand books just like this one."
Book Review: Children of Epiphany (Frances Oliver)
"Daddy loves you very much. Do you know that?"
"Uh-huh. And so does my Hobblewort. He loves me too."
Book Review: Dreamers (Christian R. Bonawandt)
"My grandma used to tell me that ghosts
would use emotions to get
stronger. I thought she said it to keep me from beating up my little
brothers, but I guess not."
"Where's your button, Don? I haven't seen you wearing one yet."
"I curse your descendants. So
long as my spirit wanders the forest,
I shall not permit those of your blood to enter."
Book Reviews: The Heretic of the North
(Timothy Brommer)
& Codex (David Drake)
Magazine Review: Dark Tales #4
I spend much of my idle time thinking up new tortures for my demon.
Book Reviews: Kaen (Till Noever) & Hellsing Vols. I & II (Kohta Hirano)
"I'm not gonna cut your eye out, man."
He wrapped it in La Casa del Muerto, placed it gently in his bathtub, and gave it half a cup of beans in case it was hungry.
Hans Christian Andersen's The New Tempest
"Daddy, is the storm gonna hurt us?
Is it gonna hurt us like it hurt Momma?"
Book Reviews: Sword
of Honor (Bret Funk),
The Gardens of Lucullus
(Richard L. Tierney & Glenn Rahman)
& A Choir of Ill Children
(Tom Piccirilli)
"This is more serious than you imagine
...I can come immediately.
I must come immediately."
Book Review: The Knight (Gene Wolfe)
"Can you even do magic?"
"Of course!"
"I mean, hopped up on at least four hits' worth of Elf Dust?"
"Most people leave the Soul-Slammer
alone until they beat
all the low-level dungeons and acquire all the major relics of power."
"Excuse me. I'm looking for..."
The door smashed inward and the sound of heavy boots followed.
"I'm just reading what it says here."
She's been afraid to touch me ever since I snapped off
inside her
while we were making love.
"Jesus Christ, kid, that ain't no body!
I ain't seen a body like that since Normandy!"
'Make it stop, please! Stop it
hurting—he's only a child—
why must he suffer like this?
It seemed the ballots got bigger every
year.
This year's must have weighed close to five pounds.
"... on the observation deck yesterday. Don't know why - nothing to see ... ... there was something .... thought I saw horses ..."
"Do you know what it's like to scream
until you're too hoarse to scream anymore?"
Congratulations, Mon!
You have become the owner of the Obeahmon doll.
The hunt for the abomination commenced at sunrise.
"I'm sorry. I wasn't making fun. I promise.
It's just that I've never heard of a vampire who aged backward."
I am the great snake that offers temptation to weak humanity....
"We have entered Dudleytown, and found all reports
to be true.
There is nearly nothing left of the town..."
"I don't normally do this kinda thing, but, you wanna come over?"
They Who Think the World is Theirs
I may be spotted from time to time, but blink and I will be gone from your eye and mind, soon forgotten, because I make myself insignificant.
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