Shit rolls downhill. Bureaucracy rolls faster.
I will not negotiate with the undead!
Do we have a plan? she asked.Yes, he told her. Shoot everything that moves.
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.
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...
It doesn't matter what we choose. It simply matters what we are.
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...
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...
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.
Nothing lasts forever, not even the horrors in this life.
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...
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.
A man. A dead man. A dead man with no arms.
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...
Cairn. She recognized a few outlines, of dump trucks and backhoes
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...
My pleasure. Listen, he called after her, this is as far as I can go. They poisoned the water out there and I can’t follow you now. If you do see Powell, will you give him a message for me? Sure, she...