“He pictures, ludicrously, a high-speed chase through the desert: he and Rio and Whale speeding towards the Polaris camp, with Juno in his probably stolen Fauxcedes barreling after them. Whale barks out the window as they leap over hillocks and take a hard turn into the scrub, howling a devil-may-care, Fuck you!” ImaginationDesertAbsurdismCar Chase Book:Blackpines: The Magpie Witch: The North Star in Eclipse Source: Blackpines: The Magpie Witch: The North Star in Eclipse
“He wonders how many ghosts walk the desert, how many people particles are buzzing around, physical and metaphysical.” PhilosophyDesertGhostsHauntingWeird West Book:Blackpines: The Magpie Witch: The North Star in Eclipse Source: Blackpines: The Magpie Witch: The North Star in Eclipse
“This mysterious, celestial painter has put mystery into everything: the line of mountains in the distance, the river of asphalt running beyond the camp, even the patches of scrub pocking the ground. These are left navy, frosted with moonlight, but never given enough definition to look like plants, and so instead they give Beni the impression of crouching things—the kinds of things that wait until all the people have gone to sleep to uncurl from the earth and walk the land.” DesertSceneryUnsettlingWeird WestChewing The Scenery Book:Blackpines: The Magpie Witch: The North Star in Eclipse Source: Blackpines: The Magpie Witch: The North Star in Eclipse