Do you mean to tell me, Superintendent, that this is one…

“Supernatural fiction contains its own generic borderland: a neutral territory, which Tzvetan Todorov calls 'the fantastic,' between 'the marvelous' and 'the uncanny.' According to…

— Howard Kerr

Magic consists of creating, by misdirection of the senses, the mental impression of supernatural agency at work. That, and only that, is what modern…

— John Nevil Maskelyne

As we survey all the evidence, the thought insistently arises that some supernatural agency-or, rather, Agency-must be involved. Is it possible that suddenly, without…

— George Greenstein

I found something" Simon said as he walked in. He whipped out an old-fashioned key from his pocket and grinned at me. "It was…

— Kelley Armstrong

“Deep inside my soul there is a locked room, known to no one. It's dark so I don't go in there willingly, but when…

— Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“But the longing within him had grown even greater, the overpowering need to be alone. Locked in an empty room, entirely unwitnessed, silent and…

— Philip K. Dick

“Here we are, I thought, a bunch of grown-up kids locked in an empty room playing naive games with each other. No one understands…

— Jerzy Kosinksi

I've locked myself in my room and wanted to be on my own a lot in my career, but I don't do that anymore.

— Alisson

There is a riddle about a man who is locked in a room with nothing but a bed and a calendar, and the question…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“ NYC Institute has one. I'll show you sometime if you want. It's a date. It is maybe the least romantic spot in the…

— Cassandra Clare

Jad said, "The leakage was forcing choices, the making of which in no way improved matters." Okay. So we were, in effect, locked in…

— Neal Stephenson

I wasn't accepted because I didn't accept the drug culture that most of my peers were involved in. Now it's like a locked room.

— Nancy Sinatra

“Put it in terms of the not-too-serious, if you like. Who got into that locked room? And how was it done? And why should…

— Carter Dickson

“...he followed you into the staff room and didn't come back for twenty minutes and when he did come back, he looked like he'd…

— Samantha Young

You can’t be serious,” Eve said. “Guys. People get eaten in places like this. At the very least, we get locked in a room…

— Rachel Caine