Shit rolls downhill. Bureaucracy rolls faster.
I will not negotiate with the undead!
A man. A dead man. A dead man with no arms.
It doesn't matter what we choose. It simply matters what we are.
Vampires, real vampires, didn't nibble on the necks of nubile young virgins. They tore people to pieces and sucked the blood out of the chunks.
Nothing lasts forever, not even the horrors in this life.
Sometimes we call it ‘Extra Chunky,’ too. Why’s that? she finally asked. Because, DeForrest said, barely able to contain his mirth, when you run over a hippy with this thing, extra chunky is about all...
Hey. He glanced away from her, instead looking down at the coffin. He looked back at her and raised his eyebrows. Want a peek?
He looked right into her and then he said, In a second I’m going to ask you if you’re okay. Your answer is extremely important. If you can keep fighting, or at least keep running, you have to say ‘yes...
Do we have a plan? she asked.Yes, he told her. Shoot everything that moves.
Caxton crawled into the back while Arkeley took the front passenger seat. His fused vertebrae trumped her sprained ribs, he announced.
Wow. So what was the vampire like? Pale. Big. Toothy, the trooper answered.
Every once in a while, maybe twice a year, I dream of blood. It tastes like copper pennies on your tongue. It’s hot, hotter than you expect, and very wet at first, but it clots even as it fills your m...
Say again, over, he announced. I was saying that I’m going from here on foot, Arkeley told them. You can follow however you choose but this place was never meant for a military parade. He’s making fun...
For the first time I got a good look at the woman who, despite avowed intentions, had saved my life. I was surprised first to see that she was old. Her hair was silver, tied back behind her head in a...
What’s that smell? Reynolds asked.That smell is the stuff they grow mushrooms in. DeForrest sniffed the air. Shit? he asked. Captain Suzie shrugged. Manure.
He did not waste time greeting her, but fell upon her at once with a vicious snarl. With his powerful jaws he tore at her, pulled her apart. He ripped open her guts and they spilled with a rank smell...
Cairn. She recognized a few outlines, of dump trucks and backhoes
If somebody wants to be your enemy, there's only one thing you can do. You give them exactly what they want. It confuses them and makes them wonder what you're up to.
In the dark ages a vampire could live for decades unopposed, feeding nightly on people whose only defense was to bar their windows and lock their doors and always, always, be home before sundown. When...