Welcome to the Hala Kahiki Lounge,” he said to Graciella…

“The human egg is a Mrs. Bennet, desperate to marry off her daughters...It is a truth universally acknowledged that a sperm must be in…

— Daryl Gregory

“The gun, my young friend, is that dark cousin of the placebo, the nocebo. If a placebo provides false benefits, the nocebo imparts false…

— Daryl Gregory

“You know why I’m raising you kids to be Cubs fans?” Buddy shakes his head. “Any mook can be a fan of a winning…

— Daryl Gregory

“Then they were off again, across the unbroken sprawl of Chicagoland, a single city made up of interlocking strip malls, decorated at random intervals…

— Daryl Gregory

The best aunts aren't substitute parents, they're co-conspirators.

— Daryl Gregory

“Frankie did as he was told. He popped the last three cubes form a tray and slid the empty container back into the freezer.…

— Daryl Gregory

“A BS in any neuroscience without a master's or PhD was a three-legged dog of a degree: pitiable, adorable, and capable of inspiring applause…

— Daryl Gregory

“What was the point of being a mind anchored to this read weight-or dying weight, that was it, a blooby mass already becoming old,…

— Daryl Gregory

“There was a scientist who did not believe in gods or fairies or supernatural creatures of any sort. But she had once known an…

— Daryl Gregory

Every other writer's process is sort of vaguely scary and appalling.

— Daryl Gregory

“The business travelers, however, were all business, from their business jacket to their business skirts and their skinny business shoes. They sliced through the…

— Daryl Gregory

“Fayza leaned in, squinting, as if she didn’t hear me correctly: one of the library of power moves that adults used to signal that…

— Daryl Gregory

“startled awake. Ollie froze for a moment, staring in his direction. The kid scrunched his face and yawned like a bear. I said to…

— Daryl Gregory

“He lit the cigarette and inhaled gratefully. "You want one?" "No thanks. Had a touch of the cancer a few years ago." "What kind?"…

— Daryl Gregory

“I met him in the hospital.' I saw the eyebrow raise in my peripheral vision. 'Yeah, that hospital. He believes that powerful telepaths are…

— Daryl Gregory