R.D. Ronald Books & Quotes

“The guard looked down at the scarlet bloodstains blooming on his chest. He appeared to think of something that he needed to say, but as his lips began to form the words, his knees gave up the strain of supporting his ruined bulk. He collapsed to the floor, his throat issuing a final sound like a bubbling casserole.”

Dying Death Rattle

Book:The Zombie Room

Source: The Zombie Room

“He summoned you into the circle, Scott. For whatever reason, I don't know. But now you've left, you've become a loose thread. He won't sit back with the possibility you might cause his whole world to unravel around him.”

Fear Warning Impending Doom

Book:The Elephant Tree

Source: The Elephant Tree

“Today I plan to smile a lot, only so people who know me will be freaked the fuck out.”

Funny Humour Smile Humour Quote Humourosly Inspirational Daily Goals

Author:R.D. Ronald

“Blood began to flow, at first cautiously, as if embarrassed by its appearance; a few thin red lines exploring the gravitational trajectory of its new terrain. Now it flowed faster, steadily staining her pale flesh a horrific red.”

Blood Horror Descriptive Prose

Book:The Zombie Room

Source: The Zombie Room

“This faulty light fitting at the front door with the dangerously flickering bulb looks rather festive. Who says I don't do Christmas?”

Humour Christmas Writers Life Festive Humbug

Author:R.D. Ronald

“To whomever swapped my tattoo cream for toothpaste........ well played.”

Humour Tattoo Tattoos Humourous Situations

Author:R.D. Ronald

“I'm the biggest critic of my own work, but sometimes you nail a chapter so good that you have to take a step back and admire that bitch.”

Life Inspirational Writing Confidence Admire Bitch Critic

Author:R.D. Ronald

“Anyone who says "Trust me" is the last motherfucker you should ever trust.”

Life Philosophy Humour Philosophy Of Life Writer

Author:R.D. Ronald

“I don't "lol". I tried it once but it just didn't agree with me.”

Life Humour Cynicism Writers Life

Author:R.D. Ronald

“Just been poisoned by my gran. Nothing says Christmas better than familicide and anaphylactic shock.”

Life Christmas Musings Poisoned

Author:R.D. Ronald

“Solitude led to retrospective thinking, and if the past is what you are trying to get away from, then constant distractions in the present are needed.”

Life Philosophical Philosophical Musings

Book:The Elephant Tree

Source: The Elephant Tree

“That's why Twinkle likes the place so much, Scott thought, looking around at the faded wood veneer tables, and the faded souls drinking at them. Misery was soaked through the place like the old beer soaked through its carpets.”

Reflection Misery Loves Company

Book:The Elephant Tree

Source: The Elephant Tree

“The best writers tend to look the roughest in photos. At least that's the excuse I use for why I look so bad in mine.”

Life Excuse Writers Writers Life Musings Photos

Author:R.D. Ronald

“Scott glanced at his watch but didn't register what it said. The notion of time had become as absurd as the quietly glowing trees.”

Drugs Philosophical Musings Visual Moments

Book:The Elephant Tree

Source: The Elephant Tree

“A shaft of moonlight illuminated a row of sentinel silver birch in a phosphorescent glow, appearing almost ethereal in the relative surrounding gloom. Boris had stopped again, his silhouette a stark black juxtaposition against the background of illuminated branches.”

Descriptive Prose Visual Moments

Book:The Elephant Tree

Source: The Elephant Tree

“Scott could feel the contents of his stomach flip over and over on themselves. He turned to the side and retched, frothy yellow bile spilled out onto the newspaper covered floor, filling the room with the putrid stench of previously ingested alcohol. 'Look's like someone can't hold their drink,' McBlane said, and Dominic and Shugg laughed. Scott was still staring at the steam rising from his evacuated stomach contents as he heard the hammer fall. The dull crack of bone splintering under its weight.”

Murder Prose Visual Moments

Book:The Elephant Tree

Source: The Elephant Tree

“The owner of the Post Office was called Maurice. A sixtyish-year-old with a large red nose that was pebble-dashed with broken capillaries, and a smooth bald head with a fuzz of grey hair around the side like the tide mark on a dirty bath. He had a gruff manner, distrusting eyes and a cough like kicked gravel.”

Descriptive Prose Visual Moments

Author:R.D. Ronald

“Fair enough, that's what most people look for to begin with, but money can be a sliding scale, the more you have, the more you want, the more you need,' McBlane said as he sharpened the ash on the tip of his cigar into a point against the rim of the ashtray. It gave him the appearance of wielding a dagger as he gestured with his cigar holding hand.”

Visual Moments

Book:The Elephant Tree

Source: The Elephant Tree

“You cannot!' Tatiana said sharply. 'If you order a gun there is only a single shot, and once delivered the doors are locked and will not open until it has been fired.”

Dangerous Games Impending Doom Dangerous Liaisons

Book:The Zombie Room

Source: The Zombie Room

“Ferret took out a folded scrap of paper and passed it to him. 'My guy Ben doesn't know where the other club is, but the girls are being shipped in from here, a rehab centre in Newtonville.' 'What's this other place called?' Tazeem asked as he slipped the scrap of paper into his pocket. 'The place is just known as The Club. But the behind-the-scenes bit that only the real big spenders get to see, there's no official name, 'cause officially it doesn't exist, that's know as The Zombie Room.”

Impending Doom Dangerous Liaisons

Book:The Zombie Room

Source: The Zombie Room

“Remove the comma, replace the comma, remove the comma, replace the comma...”

Writing Editing Writers On Writing Writers Life

Author:R.D. Ronald

“We were left with nothing because of a love like acid that ate its way through our entire family.”

Reflection Poison Love Hurts Acid Love Gone Wrong

Book:The Elephant Tree

Source: The Elephant Tree

“If your world is out there and you are in here then the only things that will gather within these walls are time and bitterness. Eventually, that bitterness will eat away at you and leave nothing behind but resentment and hate.”

Philosophical Musings Coping Mechanism Prison Philosophy

Book:The Zombie Room

Source: The Zombie Room

“I'm not into this whole "move with the times" thing. I reckon we should just decide on a year and stick with it.”

Life Philosophy Humour Cynicism Writers Life

Author:R.D. Ronald

“In response to be asked about Boris Johnson becoming UK Prime Minister... "I'm delighted. As the UK continues to plunge ever faster into a future akin to a dystopian novel I'll never run out of material to write more books. Although now that reality is more bizarre than fiction maybe plot-lines will need to be more ambitious. Perhaps a book where Boris Johnson is really an accidental sentient snafu of Trump's scrotum lint. Kind of a sequel to the Bush-Blair story. I see musical rights being drawn up as we speak.”

Political Politics Satire Prime Minister Dystopian Politicians Satire Quotes Dystopian Future Satire Quote

Author:R.D. Ronald

R.D. Ronald Books

The Elephant Tree

The Zombie Room

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