State of Horror Quotes

“In all respects, Rue la Barriere is a swollen varicose vein spat out of the capital city’s bottom end, i.e., its most interesting end. The bulk of the street stretches just outside of the mall district, just passed the boutiques, and just far enough away from the suburbs. It is an afterthought and an aside—in how thoroughfares go—with a fat overgrown median, an abundance of tree shade, and a quiet disposition. With all things considered, Rue la Barriere was the very place to be if you were a dog whose life culminated in being struck by a car.”
― Stuart Conover, State of Horror: Louisiana Volume II

“Amber was shocked and amazed, in this day and age, people could still think like this. The crowd around her was screaming insults and threats, but she wanted them to shut up so she could hear what crazy thoughts were issuing from the mouths of the Ku Klux Klan members standing on the Baton Rouge Capitol Building steps. She’d read on Yahoo this was the first Klan rally in the Louisiana state capital since 1969. Only hours ago they’d won a court hearing about freedom of speech and were now allowed to talk for two hours, before a crowd of mostly hostile people.”
― Stuart Conover, State of Horror: Louisiana Volume II

“That’s Jindal for you,” his father said. “The man’s gutted our entire state—everything from public schools to roads.”
― Stuart Conover, State of Horror: Louisiana Volume II

“His father reeked of body odor and bourbon—the sweaty armpit and acidic stink bringing Roland back to those nights when his father would throw his mother against the refrigerator. The impact lasting for years, Roland felt it again now for the first time in over a decade.”
― Stuart Conover, State of Horror: Louisiana Volume II

“It sounded like a wet fish falling down stairs, a beggar gimp being spanked with a sirloin, or a bat wing slapping a baby’s face.”
― Stuart Conover, State of Horror: Louisiana Volume II

“He had a meticulously crafted appearance—a failure if he was going for the geek-chic look; a success if he wanted to resemble Waldo after he’d been found drying out in a rehab. Kyle had, what some would consider to be, a very “punchable” face.”
― Stuart Conover, State of Horror: Louisiana Volume II

“And it is here—on this western end of the street—that over the years has become known as Louisiana State’s most prominent breeding ground for disappearances and suicides: the delta region’s bastard lovechild between The Golden Gate Bridge and the Bermuda Triangle.”
― Stuart Conover, State of Horror: Louisiana Volume II

“Gloria tried to think of who could have died in the house. It seemed like Alan would have mentioned that Eva had been stuck on top of a house with a dead body sloshing around inside. But, there it was, clearly noted, one dead body another horror the girl had endured. She peered at the marks on the house, confused. That wasn’t the date of the hurricane. But she couldn’t think about it now; Eva was getting too far ahead. Like it or not, the girl was her responsibility now.           ”
― Stuart Conover, State of Horror: Louisiana Volume II

“A miasma of the hate and fear which had fueled the desperation permeated the air and enveloped the lone machine. Caressing the scorched outside, the haze seeped into the ruined surface. The zeal of Thimonnier’s devotion warred with the malignant energies of its persecutors, leaving their imprint in the wood and metal.”
― Stuart Conover, State of Horror: Louisiana Volume II

“He was moving closer and when he was just a foot away she dropped down and reached behind her. The beer bottle she hadn’t thrown over was still there and as he”
― Stuart Conover, State of Horror: Louisiana Volume II