How to Survive a Horror Story

by Mallory Arnold

It’s always the most beautiful people who go around telling everyone else that life doesn’t have to be so hard.

People tend to hear what they want to hear, believe what they want to believe.

“The spine is bent back, too. The edges are all dulled, and…here, is this a coffee stain? This book has been abused.” Crystal raised a brow. “I’d say it’s been well loved.” “Ah. Sometimes it’s hard to distinguish the two, hm?”

“Sometimes monsters are the people we love the most.”

“Maybe it’s just as sad when bad people die, because they never lived long enough to redeem themselves.”