DO NOT READ AFTER MIDNIGHT Quotes

“We reassigned his talents,’ Ms. Vance said of Arthur the necromancer. ‘He kept accidentally resurrecting the evening entrees. Seafood Sundays nearly brought down the entire wing. Thirty‑four reanimated lobsters snapping violently at the waitstaff while a tray of blackened tilapia swam straight out of the butter sauce.”
― Belinda Kelderhouse, DO NOT READ AFTER MIDNIGHT

“Step on a crack, the sidewalk bites back.
Step on a line, it swallows your spine.
Skip on the stone, it grinds down your bones.
Break the rule, and you’re the fool.”
― Belinda Kelderhouse, DO NOT READ AFTER MIDNIGHT

“Between the split stone, the earth became a dark, wet gullet.”
― Belinda Kelderhouse, DO NOT READ AFTER MIDNIGHT

“Inside, where a thermos ought to be, lay a small oval mirror set in tarnished brass. The mirror's face was clouded with thick white condensation, as if someone beneath the glass had leaned close and exhaled on it.”
― Belinda Kelderhouse, DO NOT READ AFTER MIDNIGHT

“The grey stone crept up her chest. It filled her mouth, tasting like salt and the bitter dust of autumn leaves ground into pavement.”
― Belinda Kelderhouse, DO NOT READ AFTER MIDNIGHT

“Deep beneath the stone, where Sarah's adult life was being stripped away, the sidewalk went to work. It ground her down until only the small, frightened child inside remained.”
― Belinda Kelderhouse, DO NOT READ AFTER MIDNIGHT