Horrorstör

by Grady Hendrix

Scratch a rebel, Amy thought, and you’ll always find a father’s credit card.

Sometimes she wanted to let go and find out exactly how far she’d fall if she just stopped fighting. She didn’t expect life to be fair, but did it have to be so relentless?

having a job is all about doing things you don’t want to do. That’s why they pay you money for it.

Life doesn’t care what you want, other people don’t care what you want. All that matters is what you do.

if you die, isn’t the stillness of death preferable to the vain agitation and senseless chaos of your life?

The hamster wheel kept turning faster and faster.

mustn’t the sculptor crack the stone to pull from within it a more pleasing form? Must the surgeon cease his cutting at the first cries of pain?”