Sarah (Skele)

“Do you think there’re monsters, primordial things that dream of universes? Is time just the breath of their slumber? Could they swallow our memories without even a second thought—if they have thoughts at all?”
― Cody Lakin, The Aching Plane

“Every small town has power,” Hogarth said. “The people are aware of it in the way we’re aware of electricity humming through the walls of our homes or that our water is delivered through a network of pipes underground. We sense it like animals sense a tornado coming. You feel it just as much as I do, Ben. I’ve just been around long enough to recognize what it is.”
― Ronald Malfi, The Narrows

“Waffle House at four in the morning is a liminal space occupied by long-haul truckers, bleary-eyed shift workers, and teenagers so high they can smell God’s breath.”
― T. Kingfisher, A House With Good Bones

“We practiced everything in that office: How to walk, how to smile, how to sidestep tough questions by circling back to an unrelated, indignant defense of Israel—you know, the basics.”
― Jonathan Katz, Cleave the Sparrow