“The orderly is nearing the end of his rounds. I can hear his footsteps echoing in the hall and his ragged breathing. He’s a big man. I can smell his sweat. He’s checking on the inmate next door. It’ll be… — Nancy A. Collins Copy Share Image
My after forty face felt far more comfortable than anything I lived with previously. Self-confidence was a powerful beauty-potion; I looked better because I… — Nancy A. Collins Copy Share Image
“I said I don’t want it in the house, is that clear?’ She turned and left. Discussion closed. I knew better than to argue.… — Nancy A. Collins Copy Share Image
“But I can tell you the reason for me being so youthful-looking for a man a century and a half old. I’m not exactly… — Nancy A. Collins Copy Share Image
“... you cannot shake hands with the Devil and not get sulphur on your sleeve.” — Nancy A. Collins Copy Share Image
“Moon. Big white moon. White as milk moon. You’re all I can see from my window, here in the dark. Your light falls silver… — Nancy A. Collins Copy Share Image
“She knew that the only love her demon was capable of was self-destructive, cruel, vampiric, parasitic, and all the other words her best friends… — Nancy A. Collins Copy Share Image
“The orderly is nearing the end of his rounds. I can hear his footsteps echoing in the hall and his ragged breathing. He’s a… — Nancy A. Collins Copy Share Image
“That’s when his job got tough. Since that night, his shift had yet to go by without one of the inmates waking up with… — Nancy A. Collins Copy Share Image
“Time snapped and Hagerty found himself speeding toward the woman in the straitjacket. Grabbing her by the shoulders, he pulled her off the corpse… — Nancy A. Collins Copy Share Image
“How pathetic. Minor-league monsters strutting and performing in their private Grand Guignols. How fucking lame. You want fear? You want terror? You want to… — Nancy A. Collins Copy Share Image
“Things had gone badly at Hell House, although not quite as horribly as the '31 investigation. At least this time there were survivors, if… — Nancy A. Collins Copy Share Image
