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For there is nothing quite so terror-inducing as the loss of sleep. It creates phantoms and doubts, causes one to questions one's own abilities and judgement, and, over time, dismantles, from within,...

Charlie Huston

For there is nothing quite so terror-inducing as the loss of sleep. It creates phantoms and doubts, causes one to questions one's own abilities and judgement, and, over time, dismantles, from within,...

Tags: insomnia, sleep, sleepless, sleeplessness, terror

Most undercover cops are vastly skilled at compartmentalization. It is a talent as valued as lying. They seal off their real feelings and create imitation emotions. Easily torn down when it's time to...

Charlie Huston

Most undercover cops are vastly skilled at compartmentalization. It is a talent as valued as lying. They seal off their real feelings and create imitation emotions. Easily torn down when it's time to...

Tags: cops, criminal, emotions, fake, imitation, interrogation, police

About Author
Charlie Huston is an American novelist and TV writer. His twelve novels span several genres from crime to horror to science fiction. His books have been published in English by Ballentine, Del Rey, Mulholland and Orion, and translated into nine other languages. He adapted his novel The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death for HBO, and his novel Already Dead for HBO Max. He has also written pilots for FX, FOX, Sony and Tomorrow Studios, served as a consulting producer for FOX's Gotham, and worked in several development rooms. He is known for storytelling that focuses on character and relationships in richly detailed worlds that blend genres.

One day, when I am a braver man, I will tell her these things, and then I will look her in the eye tell her I love her and ask her to be only mine. But until that day, we're just friends.

Charlie Huston

One day, when I am a braver man, I will tell her these things, and then I will look her in the eye tell her I love her and ask her to be only mine. But until that day, we're just friends.

Tags: romance

At Marcy I spot what I am looking for and shimmy up a lampost and untangle the pair of sneakers that some kid has tossed up there that dangle in testement to some shit that I have never figured out as...

Charlie Huston

At Marcy I spot what I am looking for and shimmy up a lampost and untangle the pair of sneakers that some kid has tossed up there that dangle in testement to some shit that I have never figured out as...

Once we understand how they think, we can predict their behaviour. And once we predict it well, we can manipulate it. That is diplomacy.

Charlie Huston

Once we understand how they think, we can predict their behaviour. And once we predict it well, we can manipulate it. That is diplomacy.

Yeah, good to see you too.Her hand stays on the gun.Did I say it was good to see you, Joe?No, but I always try to read between the lines. Figured you going for your gun was how you express affection t...

Charlie Huston

Yeah, good to see you too.Her hand stays on the gun.Did I say it was good to see you, Joe?No, but I always try to read between the lines. Figured you going for your gun was how you express affection t...

Not that I have any little kids running around I need to keep away from the guns. I had any kids I'd get rid of the guns. Nothing more dangerous to the life of a child than a house full of firearms. N...

Charlie Huston

Not that I have any little kids running around I need to keep away from the guns. I had any kids I'd get rid of the guns. Nothing more dangerous to the life of a child than a house full of firearms. N...

Morality he found amusing, in the obscure way that only a man with a Ph.D. in philosophy could find such things amusing, but justice and ethics were inflexible measures, applicable to all, and not to...

Charlie Huston

Morality he found amusing, in the obscure way that only a man with a Ph.D. in philosophy could find such things amusing, but justice and ethics were inflexible measures, applicable to all, and not to...

Tags: justice, morality, philosophy, universality

I feel like I'm forgetting something. Vyrus. Clans. Zombies. Stay out of the sun. Don't get shot. Abandon your life. Drink blood to survive. No, guess that pretty much covers it.

Charlie Huston

I feel like I'm forgetting something. Vyrus. Clans. Zombies. Stay out of the sun. Don't get shot. Abandon your life. Drink blood to survive. No, guess that pretty much covers it.

I size him up. A pasty jumble of limbs in latex-tight sharkskin slacks with three inches of white socks showing at the ankles above two-tone patent leather, a jacket matching the slacks stretched over...

Charlie Huston

I size him up. A pasty jumble of limbs in latex-tight sharkskin slacks with three inches of white socks showing at the ankles above two-tone patent leather, a jacket matching the slacks stretched over...

The enforcer takes an envelope from his side jacket pocket and drops it in one of the scummy puddles.I look at Predo.You rehearse that move in advance?He shrugs.Actually, not. This one has initiative.

Charlie Huston

The enforcer takes an envelope from his side jacket pocket and drops it in one of the scummy puddles.I look at Predo.You rehearse that move in advance?He shrugs.Actually, not. This one has initiative.

There something I can do to get this over with quick? Like, can I just run in front of a cab and take my lumps and we call it even? As opposed to you cutting off my nose and all, I mean.

Charlie Huston

There something I can do to get this over with quick? Like, can I just run in front of a cab and take my lumps and we call it even? As opposed to you cutting off my nose and all, I mean.

Like I was ever normal. Like I was ever any different from how I am now. A cure won't make me better. It'll just make me more like a regular son of a bitch. Like the Vyrus makes you into something els...

Charlie Huston

Like I was ever normal. Like I was ever any different from how I am now. A cure won't make me better. It'll just make me more like a regular son of a bitch. Like the Vyrus makes you into something els...

The man breeds lies. He spawns them asexually, with no need for any assistance. He exhales and lies fill the air. Alone in a room, he mutters lies to himself to keep from falling into the trap of trut...

Charlie Huston

The man breeds lies. He spawns them asexually, with no need for any assistance. He exhales and lies fill the air. Alone in a room, he mutters lies to himself to keep from falling into the trap of trut...

Sunt, dupa standartele omenirii, in toate mintile. E adevarat ca am ceva manii, dar nu frizeaza nebunia.

Charlie Huston

Sunt, dupa standartele omenirii, in toate mintile. E adevarat ca am ceva manii, dar nu frizeaza nebunia.

I could flay you and wear your skin as a cloak, and caper in the streets in the moonlight. But some might consider that crass treatment of a guest.I nod.Well, some people got no sense of humor, do the...

Charlie Huston

I could flay you and wear your skin as a cloak, and caper in the streets in the moonlight. But some might consider that crass treatment of a guest.I nod.Well, some people got no sense of humor, do the...

He has one of those heads people think about cutting off.Yes. He does.

Charlie Huston

He has one of those heads people think about cutting off.Yes. He does.

You can’t change the world if your motive is revenge. Vibes like that just aren’t productive.

Charlie Huston

You can’t change the world if your motive is revenge. Vibes like that just aren’t productive.

Ca oameni, nu facem decât să ne prezentăm. Compunem imaginea pe care vrem s-o vadă ceilalţi şi sperăm că ei au s-o citească aşa cum am scris-o noi. Toată lumea face asta.

Charlie Huston

Ca oameni, nu facem decât să ne prezentăm. Compunem imaginea pe care vrem s-o vadă ceilalţi şi sperăm că ei au s-o citească aşa cum am scris-o noi. Toată lumea face asta.

And a realization for Skinner, she still has his scarf, inside her mountaineering jacket, red wool at her neck. Some meaning there related to the kiss, but in a code he cannot unscramble. A tether is...

Charlie Huston

And a realization for Skinner, she still has his scarf, inside her mountaineering jacket, red wool at her neck. Some meaning there related to the kiss, but in a code he cannot unscramble. A tether is...