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“Fear blossomed within her - not like a flower, but like blood welling from a gunshot wound, spreading throughout her entire body.”

Book:Love is Darkness

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Love is Darkness

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“She only drank rusty water. One of natures mistakes. One of natures mistakes. She had wire hair, yes. Oh, I'm sorry, have another cup. Have another cup. Or would you like something stronger? Oh yes. Nobody would pass her house. They all had to go into the fall out shelter. Everyone who passed her house.The had to go into the fall out shelter. Shower before they came out. But she was not radio active. Very nice girl. Knew her since she was a baby, a little baby with little wire hairs and all. Very nice girl. I'd hate to have her point at me. Her fingers lit up. Yes, her toes, too. She couldn't wear shoes. Scooped out cement blocks. Of course she had a name. Valeria Trumpet. Named after an old Roman goddess, I think. An electric monster. No, nobody ever knew her well enough to call her Val. Poor Valeria. Valeria, without a nickname.”

Val

Book:The Dream World of Dion McGregor

Source: The Dream World of Dion McGregor

“The people who should’ve kept you safe put you in danger. The ones who should’ve known and loved you best threw you away. I don’t understand how, because you’re so good.”

Val Javier Landes

Book:An Exaltation of Larks

Source: An Exaltation of Larks

“Every table now claimed by fellow caffeine addicts, tiny screens and steaming drinks sealing them into private bubbles, no one would hear if he lowered his voice.”

Val

Book:Edge of Sundown

Source: Edge of Sundown

“His legs spasmed at the sudden shortening of his stride.”

Val

Book:Edge of Sundown

Source: Edge of Sundown

“The past was evident, pain infusing every line.”

Val

Book:Edge of Sundown

Source: Edge of Sundown

“The powerlessness, the sensation of falling, the rotten, futile attempt to save himself, seeped into his memory. But they flickered like clips from a film: detatched random pictures devoid of emotion or context. He hoped someone could fill in the missing scenes.”

Val

Book:Edge of Sundown

Source: Edge of Sundown

“When I started writing I was a sick teenaged fuck inside who partly thought I was the new Marquis de Sade, a body doomed to communicate with Satan who was us- ing my sickness as his home away from home, and there’s your proof.”

Writing Proof Sickness

Author:Dennis Cooper

“He needed to get over the threshold, find enough serenity to sleep. But he couldn’t quite step off that hedge.”

Val

Book:Edge of Sundown

Source: Edge of Sundown

“The edges of each breath fluttered out of reach, and he laid a hand against his chest as if to capture them.”

Val

Book:Edge of Sundown

Source: Edge of Sundown

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