“Three creaks. She stepped three times. What is the meaning of it? Three creaks, three weeks? If she comes back for her shoes in three days, then I only need to empty them another three times. If it really is three weeks that were meant, what then. If three months, what then. Three years. That's why I had to write it down now. By then I may no longer believe I heard anything in Miri's room.” WaitingHorrorSadHauntingEndingHelen OyeyemiLast LinesWhite Is For Witching Book:White Is for Witching Source: White Is for Witching
“What do you think of Poe?" "He's awful. He was obviously . . . what's the term . . . 'disappointed in love' at some point. He probably never smiled again. The pages are just bursting with his longing for women to suffer. If he ever met me he'd probably punch me on the nose." "I think Poe's quite good, actually. The whole casual horror thing. Like someone standing next to you and screaming their head off and you asking them what the fuck and them stopping for a moment to say 'Oh you know, I'm just afraid of Death' and then they keep on with the screaming.” HorrorDebateDialogueAnalysisMisogynyLiterary CriticismAllusionHelen OyeyemiWhite Is For WitchingEdgar Allen Poe Book:White Is for Witching Source: White Is for Witching
“She is a double danger—there is the danger of meeting her, and the danger of becoming her. Does the nightmare of her belong to everyone, or just to me?” CultureDangerHorrorNightmareDualityHelen OyeyemiCollectiveWhite Is For Witching Book:White Is for Witching Source: White Is for Witching
“I examined the portraits nearest to me but couldn't get past the sensation that here was the same man over and over, crouched in old boxes, readying himself to spit on my plate.” HorrorDescriptionDisturbingCreepyMenaceHelen OyeyemiWhite Is For Witching Book:White Is for Witching Source: White Is for Witching