“There was nothing the matter out there. It was in here, with me. I decided I'd better go to work, maybe that would exorcise me. I fled from the room almost as though it were haunted. It was too late to stop off at a breakfast counter now. I didn't want any, anyway. My stomach kept giving little quivers. In the end I didn't go to work, either. I couldn't, I wouldn't have been any good. I telephoned in that I was too ill to come, and it was no idle excuse, even though I was upright on my two legs. I roamed around the rest of the day in the sunshine. Wherever the sunshine was the brightest, I sought and stayed in that place, and when it moved on I moved with it. I couldn't get it bright enough or strong enough. I avoided the shade, I edged away from it, even the slight shade of an awning or of a tree. And yet the sunshine didn't warm me. Where others mopped their brows and moved out of it, I stayed - and remained cold inside. And the shade was winning the battle as the hours lengthened. It outlasted the sun. The sun weakened and died; the shade deepened and spread. Night was coming on, the time of dreams, the enemy. ("Nightmare")” NightDarkDarknessShadowShadowsNighmare Book:Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels Source: Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels
“The girl's face was the color of talcum. Her uncle's was a death mask, a bone structure overlaid by parchment. Shane's was granite, with a glistening line of sweat just below his hair line. He'd never forget this night, the detective knew, no matter what else happened for the rest of his life. They were all getting scars on their souls, the sort of scars people got in the Dark Ages, when they believed in devils and black magic. (Speak To Me Of Death)” PeopleSoulMatterAgeFacesNightGirlSpeakFearBlackLinesDarkForgetHappenedMagicColorHairDevilNo Matter WhatStructureBonesMaskNever ForgetSweatScarUnclesDetectivesDark AgesShaneGraniteBlack Magic Author:Cornell Woolrich
“It's just some instinct as old as fear: you seek the dark when you hide, you seek the light when the need to hide is gone. All the animals have it too.” NeedsLightFearDarkAnimalGoneInstinct Book:Night and Fear: A Centenary Collection of Stories Source: Night and Fear: A Centenary Collection of Stories
