Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1)

by Nathan Ballingrud

“I didn’t used to be this way. I was happy when I was a child. I had such grand ideas about how life would be. What happened to me? What happened to us?” “We grew up.”

Moon, are you lonely? Are you cold? It’s all right, Moon. I love you. You can live with me.

Grief, at least, was familiar.

“Your father tells you pretty dreams because he thinks girls need them. They don’t. What they need is the truth. When you get older you’re going to marry a man—with means, if we’re at all lucky—and make a family. And God help you if you ever become a burden to them.”

“When what you need outweighs what you offer. Make no mistake, child. Your life does not belong to you.”