

“A ghost is something that fills a hole inside you, where you lost something. It's a memory. Sometimes it can be painful, and sometimes it can be scary. Sometimes it's hard to tell where the ghost ends and real life begins.”
― North American Lake Monsters
― North American Lake Monsters

“She didn’t want to hear his story. Everybody had one. Tragedy gets boring after a while.”
― The Maw
― The Maw

“When she looked at him again she had raised windows for eyes, with curtains blowing out of them, framing a yellow-lit room. Below them, her face declined in wet shingles, flowing with little rivulets of rainwater.”
― North American Lake Monsters
― North American Lake Monsters

“Silence blew from the hole she had dug like smoke. She could feel what lay just beyond. The new countryside. The unspeaking multitude. Steeples and arches of bone; temples of silence. She felt the great shapes that moved there, majestic and unfurled, utterly silent, utterly dark.”
― The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-First Annual Collection
― The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-First Annual Collection

“I’ve always been enchanted by the endings of things. Series finales and sunsets. Last paragraphs and encores. I think for the way they remind me that losing something you love isn’t always sad and heartbreaking, but sometimes breathtaking and beautiful.”
― Buried Light
― Buried Light
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