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“Another nagging little question lodged like a bit of grapeshot in his chest. It was nothing major, but the place where he stored them…

— John Darnielle

“He pulled out a short-barreled pistol from the drawer and placed it on the desktop. It was not what he was looking for. The…

— David Grant Urban

“He said that he felt that there was a book hidden between us. Some small thing lodged between a rib or a summer. and…

— Mikl Paul

“I read it over and over again. I turned it over, turned it back, smoothed it out on my pillow and then read it…

— Emma Rathbone

“With no sums to keep his conscience at bay, the black book loomed large, creeping into his line of sight. He scanned the room…

— Karen Witemeyer

“He found himself in a room not unlike the shop. All books again, packed tight on shelves or laying in piles on every surface.…

— Jenny Nimmo

“He found himself standing before what could only be described as a mansion. It towered above him, windows flickering with uncertain light, red bricks…

— Bella Forrest

“I suddenly missed the curious shelving patterns of my room, those old planks from the barn groaning under the weight of the notebooks. Shelving…

— Reif Larsen

“A bag which was left and not only taken but turned away was not found. The place was shown to be very like the…

— Gertrude Stein

“Memory, I must suppose, if it is neglected becomes like a box room, or a lumber room in an old house, the contents jumbled…

— Sebastian Barry

“This wasn’t the time or place for it, so I hid it away in a little drawer in the back of my mind, marked…

— Kim Harrington

“Before I had a chance to feel too sorry for myself, I turned toward the front of the cabin and found the bookcases carved…

— Jodi Meadows