Richard Chizmar > Quotes

“Later, when the trip went bad, I would remember the bleeding man on the bicycle and wonder if he was a sign of things to come.”
― Richard Chizmar, Memorials

“because just as the ill-fated Thomas Livingston did eight long years ago, my guests and I will soon be making ourselves at home here. The difference is… and it’s a big one, folks… instead of only a weekend… we’ll be staying an entire week… including Halloween night.”
― Richard Chizmar, Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting

“To whoever sees this… do not make the same mistake we did. Do not come to the Widow’s Point Lighthouse. Ever. Not unless you’re prepared to destroy it.”
― Richard Chizmar, Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting

“Widow’s Point, with its sheer cliffs and windswept ocean views, is one of the most picturesque scenic overlooks in all of Nova Scotia. It’s located a mere five minutes from the town of Harper’s Cove, a thirty-minute drive from neighboring Cambridge, and zero minutes away from the depths of hell.”
― Richard Chizmar, Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting

“And this time it’s Trent doing the screaming.”
― Richard Chizmar, Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting

“Mr. Barnett was the first grown-up to use the word exciting to describe everything that had happened. Of course, all us kids thought it was exciting and cool, but the only words I’d heard other grownups use were horrible and terrifying and dreadful. But Mr. Barnett was like that. He wasn’t like the other adults I knew. He always drank too much at the neighborhood block parties and shot off too many fireworks on the Fourth of July”
― Richard Chizmar, The Rack: Stories Inspired By Vintage Horror Paperbacks

“the hard truth of it was this: there wasn’t a single thing you could do to change the past. Unlike in books and movies, time machines and alternate realities didn’t exist in the real world. Eventually, you just had to swallow your misery, accept what had happened, and let go of the past. Like grains of sand sifting through your fingers at the beach.”
― Richard Chizmar, Memorials

“was a little like saying the summit of Mount Everest offered a fairly decent view of the surrounding countryside.”
― Richard Chizmar, Memorials

“Late last night and the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers, knocking at the door. I want to go out, don’t know if I can, ’cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknocker man.”
― Richard Chizmar, Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting

“This old man, he played nine, he played knickknack on my spine…”
― Richard Chizmar, Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting

“1 Later, when the trip went bad, I would remember the bleeding man on the bicycle and wonder if he was a sign of things to come.”
― Richard Chizmar, Memorials

“No way," Melody said, making her way up the slope again. "We're the Three Muskateers, remember? We stick together."
"More like the Three Stooges," Troy said, trudging after her.
I'm not entirely sure but I think I managed a smile.
There were no more smiles after that, though - for any of us.”
― Richard Chizmar, Memorials

“This is a bad place. Something is wrong with it. I don’t think people are meant to live here.”
― Richard Chizmar, Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting

“Upside down in center frame, a gnarled pine slowly twists around to face the camera, the triangular visage carved into the base of its trunk fixing the unaware women in its gaze.”
― Richard Chizmar, Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting

“and even sudden spikes of depression.”
― Richard Chizmar, Memorials