She pressed the rest of her clothes into my hands and said, Don't do anything weird with them.I was going to shellac them into a dining set and serve a four-course meal in them, I said, but if you're...
She might be the Archive, but she's still a kid, Kincaid.He frowned and looked at me. So?So? Kids like cute.He blinked at me. Cute?Come on.I led him downstairs.On the lower level of the Oceanarium the...
She kissed me again, and I returned it in kind, and it was a liquid, smooth thing, as restrained and desperate as the near-still surface of a rushing river.
She could be a pain in the ass, but she was one gutsy chick. Her kids were lucky to have a mother like her. A lot of moms would say that they would die for their children. Charity had placed herself s...
See, that’s the tragedy of the human condition. No one wants to be corrupted by power when they set out to get it. They have good, even noble reasons for doing whatever it is they do. They don’t want...
Race me back. Beat me there, and I’ll tell you. I blinked. What kind of kindergarten crap is that? His grey eyes flashed with anger. You want to know what it’s like? Beat me down the beach. Of all the...
Professional Wizard Incinerates Amateur Vampire. News at ten.
Plan B, I said. Okay, right. We need a plan B. If we only had a wheelbarrow, that would be something. Susan let out a puff of laughter, and then I turned to her, my eyes alight. We have a great big tr...
People who know diddly about wizards don’t like to give us their names. They’re convinced that if they give a wizard their name from their own lips it could be used against them. To be fair, they’re r...
People who ask questions and think about their faith are the last ones to embrace dogma -- and the last to abandon their path once they've set out on it. I felt fairly sure that the Almighty, whatever...
Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created freedom where there was nothing but fear. Passion has helped so...
Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty monsters.Run away.
One time, when we'd been discussing martial arts, Murphy told me that eventually, no-one can teach you anything more about them. Once you reach that state of knowledge, the only way to keep learning a...
One rather thick volume was titled Means of Execution Through the Ages, and was placed with an elegant balance of nonchalance and availability at the eye level of anyone entering the room. As threats...
One day, I told myself, one brave and magnificent day, I will actually be cool. I
One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight - Gard
Okay, Kincaid said. Anyone have any questions? Why do they sell hot dogs in packages of ten but hot dog buns in packages of eight?
Okay, I said. I'm going to do something I know you both hate. I'm going to get direct. And I'm going to get direct answers from you, answers that convince me that you aren't trying to hide anything fr...
Oh, good grief. The Mickey Mouse Club of werewolves wanted to throw in on my side.
Of course cats [can see ghosts]. As far as I can tell, all cats. But they aren't terribly impressed with the fact that we're dead and still present.