Bridget blinked once. Books do not have souls, sir. Those who write them do, Ferus said. They leave bits and pieces behind them when they lay down the words, some scraps and smears of their essential...
Arrogance, I said. I feel stupid. Good, Michael said. It’s good for everyone to feel that way sometimes. It helps remind you how much you still have to learn.
You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me.
You have a visitor, my lord. I frowned, What? That is why I came in here. You have a visitor waiting for you. I stood up, exasperated. Why didn't you say so? Lacuna looked confused. I did. Just now. Y...
You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast.
When people say the word convention, they are usually referring to large gatherings of the employees of companies and corporations who attend a mass assembly, usually in a big hotel somewhere, for the...
We find Maggie, I said. We take her back. And we kill anyone who gets in the way. Susan
Thwart, I said. To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy person.I'm pretty sure that isn't the definition. Sarissa said.It is today.
There was a small stone in her palm, a deep blue opal. I leaned a little closer, eyeing it. It was set on a silver stud—an earring.It should suffice to contain the parasite for what time remains, Mab...
Then this, Grimm said, is what I believe professional inquisitors refer to as a clue.In my considered judgment as an occasional inquisitor for the Spirearch, Benedict said, I believe you may be correc...
The wacky thing about those bad guys is that you can't count on them to be obvious. They forget to wax their mustaches and goatees, leave their horns at home, send their black hats to the dry cleaner'...
The Wardens put on their own epic production of Fahrenheit 451, Bob said. They spent about twenty years finding and destroying copies.
Susan’s fingers wandered, and her eyes sparkled. Your mouth says no, she purred, but says yes.I went up on my toes, and swallowed, trying to keep my balance and get her hand off me at the same time....
So we get a plan, I said. Any suggestions?Blow up the building, Kincaid said without looking up. That works good for vampires. Then soak what's left in gasoline. Set it on fire. Then blow it all up ag...
Paranoia -- because why should the conspiracy theorists get to have all the fun?
Pain is to be endured. It ends or it does not.
Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead, I said solemnly, and frosting of white.
My office is in a building in midtown Chicago. It's an older building, and not in the best of shape, especially since there was that problem with the elevator last year. I don't care what anyone says,...
Mort looked at the cat and sighed. Oh, sure. Professional ectomancer with a national reputation as a medium tells you what’s going on, and nobody believes him. But let a stump-tailed, furry critter co...
Man sees faces. Sees skin. Flags. Membership lists. Files. God sees hearts.