“She kissed him… long enough he could almost hear her thoughts. Long enough that he began to know her story, know what… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Shane never knew how to address her friends' parents. She wanted to call her Mrs. Eliot's Mom, but knew that the cutesiness… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Kissing a stranger because that is what is done presages an unhappy year not for any supernatural reason, but because you are… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“As he had kissed her neck, she could not repress the feeling she was a lamb making time with a wolf.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“He relented to the kiss and gave of himself what she required, his lips parting in symmetry with hers until the moment… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Her lips are like pillows of warm glass. It is strange to find her resistant for even a second, since she has… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Like any man, he had no real protection from an unsolicited kiss from a pretty woman, even one he had just murdered.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“His kisses were so hungry and male, which isn't bad. Every kiss said he could never have enough, but he wasn't going… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Which God is the forgiving one, exactly? Old Testament, where He got His rocks off by smiting? Or New Testament, once Our Heavenly Father… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“As a man, I was a failure. A pathetic teacher lusting after Catholic school girls in short skirts. As a monster, I'm superb. It's… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“The whole concept of some stranger making his way down our chimney - not that we had one - suggested burglary more readily than… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Maybe [aliens] have been in our lives a lot longer than we want to admit. People have always seen strange things—elves and fairies—and now… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“The seed of an urban legend finding fertile soil at the corner of tragedy and imagination.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“There was a charm in being reborn into the world when one was old enough to appreciate it.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“She hated anyone who clung to the supernatural when the natural was perfectly serviceable.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Do you want me because you love me or because I provide you normality drag?” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“You got a vicious animal inside you. It wants to snap, it wants to attack, but it's harmless because some woman fitted a muzzle… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“He had not even done the fledgling courtesy of shredding open a major artery, anointing himself in the viscous gore, and desecrating her body.… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“[T]hese friends were of the female persuasion, and while by and large they were bi and large, they still represented potential threats on [her]… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“She kissed him… long enough he could almost hear her thoughts. Long enough that he began to know her story, know what she had… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
