“What about the danger? What if, in passing through, he was transformed into a radioactive monster like the Zodiac Killer?” — Christa Faust Danger Copy Share Image
“Nina,” he said. “Nina, I hope that you can hear me. I’m going to do my best to verbalize what I’m experiencing.” — Christa Faust Hope Copy Share Image
“But without warning, she leapt up with a gasp of excitement. “Guys,” she said. “You need to see this.” — Christa Faust Excitement Copy Share Image
“And in the midst of it all stood a middle-aged man and woman in their bedclothes, arguing violently.” — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“There are only one or two repeats in the whole book. So that got me thinking polyalphabetic substitution.” — Christa Faust Books Copy Share Image
“He wasn’t about to let himself be distracted by irrelevant mental trickery. He needed to focus.” — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“Okay,” Nina said. “What if you two drop the special acid and concentrate on opening the gate again, and I’ll stand by… — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“He’d had a dark, angry moment when he thought they might not have fallen for the ad he’d placed in the classified… — Christa Faust Time Copy Share Image
“A young couple leaving the O’Farrell Theater caught his eye, making him feel a warm, gentle nostalgia for his lover’s lane phase.” — Christa Faust Nostalgia Copy Share Image
I seem to be inside a kind of artificial environment. Almost like a... a simulacrum of Reiden Lake. — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“It’s not real. The image of his creepy ant-hands was nothing more than a standard, slightly silly hallucination.” — Christa Faust Hallucination Copy Share Image
“Not that I regret my previous choice. It’s only that the anticipation of killing has me feeling particularly appreciative of youth.” — Christa Faust Appreciative Copy Share Image
“Back in Nina’s large Spartan bedroom, the three of them plunked their sore, beat-up frames into the same seats they’d chosen before… — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“It’s me,” the old man hollered, his voice shrill and cracking. The suddenness of it caused Walter to pull his hand back… — Christa Faust Old man Copy Share Image
“I wouldn’t want to be summarily exterminated by aliens who judged the whole human race on the behavior of Charles Manson, for… — Christa Faust Human race Copy Share Image
“Allan smiled to himself at his overly cautious thinking. After all, how often did the police get called by the denizens of… — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“Hey,” Abby said as they barreled past her, holding a large wooden spoon slick with some kind of sauce. “Do you want… — Christa Faust Food Copy Share Image
“Remarkable,” he said, allowing the floor to trickle out between his fingers. “Belly, do you see this, too?” — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“Why don’t you lie on the bed,” he told her. “On your stomach.” She did what she was told. He took out… — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“The most common double-letter pairing in the English language being the double L, of course, challenged only by the double T.” — Christa Faust English language Copy Share Image
“Allan decided he needed a little recreation. Something light hearted and non-committal. A quickie.” — Christa Faust Having fun Copy Share Image
“Are you sure that’s wise?” she asked. “I mean, the last time you opened this gate, you let a killer stroll right… — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“Do I look like I could have thrown a goddamn piano out a window?” She waved her hand. “Does he?” — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“Walter took the killer’s notebook from his pocket and was about to open it when Nina gave him a sternly arched eyebrow… — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“Although Walter was the first to admit that his own memory wasn’t the best—that he forgot people’s names all the time even… — Christa Faust Memory Copy Share Image
“All the madness, all the mayhem, all the strange and heavy events of the past twenty-four hours were melting, too, washed away… — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“They waited nearly two hours, but it was becoming increasingly clear that, for whatever reason, he wasn’t going to show.” — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“He took a sloshing step closer, fingers less than in inch from the undulating opening. That’s when he heard a terrified scream.” — Christa Faust Terrified Copy Share Image
“But I still think having Nina standing by as ground control couldn’t possibly be a bad idea. Not as an executioner—just as… — Christa Faust Bad idea Copy Share Image
“I still think we need to stick to our original plan,” Bell said. “We brought him into this world, it’s up to… — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“The girl’s name was Desiree, or that’s what she said it was anyway. Allan honestly could not have cared less.” — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“He thought maybe she was having second thoughts. Rightly so, considering what he planned to do to her.” — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“He found himself struck by a sudden fear that something might happen to him in the future that would destroy his memory.… — Christa Faust Fear Copy Share Image
“Walter and Bell glanced at each other, neither one relishing the idea of being the brave hero who found the escaped tiger… — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“It uses twenty-six substitution ciphers,” he told her. “One for each letter of the alphabet. But the problem is that it requires… — Christa Faust Ciphers Copy Share Image
“The cries from within the apartment were also unnaturally intensified, seeming to bore their way into the soft tissue of his hypersensitive… — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“From behind one of the doors there came a vociferous argument going on between two drunks of indeterminate gender.” — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“Chick and Iggy had never come home the night before, but according to Nina this was a fairly regular occurrence, usually attributable… — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
“So, she wasn’t tripping with us, but somehow our own heightened psychic abilities caused any latent power in her to be activated,… — Christa Faust Psychic Copy Share Image
“Okay,” Nina said. “We’re all thinking it, but I’m going to say it. That was really, really stupid. If I hadn’t brought… — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
