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“He wasn’t sure what to do. If he left the rock, it would only take a few minutes of desert air to dry his…

— Scott Anderson

“Magical flowers were humming. The turf slopes cradled *him.* Beasts of a fabulous elegance were circulating. Storm clouds were piling up on the rising…

— Arthur Rimbaud

“The crying wailed, somewhere beneath the planks. Several sweeps of the light showed that the cellar was otherwise deserted. Though the face mouthed behind…

— Ramsey Campbell

“She remembered lying in the crevasse, buried by snow. She thought of that perfect silence. Also now, like then, no one knew where she…

— Paolo Giordano

“The sound of carriage wheels and horses was faint,seeming more distant than they actually were. Drops of water clung to the wool of my…

— Alyxandra Harvey

“He put his feet down into the little puddle she'd chosen. They were huge next to hers, and they both stared for a moment.…

— Eloisa James

“They had become muffled and distant then anyway. This happened in those first days after the wave. I couldn't find their faces, they quivered…

— Sonali Deraniyagala

“Finally I saw something. Out in the distance, there was a bright and shiny rippling pillar in the water. It continued to move back…

— Meaghan Rauscher

“The words were on their way, and when they arrived, she would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring…

— Markus Zusak

“Callum swallowed, his throat dry. He didn’t want to think about what that something might be. Ahead, through the trees, he could just see…

— Adam Slater

“If disaster, so be it, they said to themselves. There was nothing to be done except what could be done. The rest -- like…

— David Guterson

“He retrieved the words from somewhere long forgotten. They floated through the foggy recesses of his mind, plucked from the dark and released into…

— R. W. Patterson