“ Not entirely fair? His voice became that of the inferno: a rushing, booming howl of icy evil that flew around the great cavern, as swift and cold as the Wendigo on skates. I am Satan, also called Luci… Jonathan L. Howard
“ Everyone is so desensitised that the potency of artfully deployed italics has long been lost. It was good enough for H. P. Lovecraft, but apparently it isn’t good enough for the modern world, filled a… Jonathan L. Howard
“ Horst passed him a bottle he had picked up in his rapid trip from there to here. Remarkably, it's contents had survived the transit. "Drink this," he said, unmoved by Cabal's anger. "You need to save… Jonathan L. Howard
“ Now you're an adult, Katya!" he'd said, picking her up under the armpits like he'd been doing since she'd been born. Jonathan L. Howard
“ All this bunch of so-called 'adults' was doing was making enemies of one another when what they really needed to be concentrating on was how to get out alive. Jonathan L. Howard
“ Lesson one: expect to get screwed over for the convenience of others on a regular basis. Jonathan L. Howard
“ Horst, you are a good man. You have always been so, and your soul is an untrammelled thing indeed.’ Horst winced and interrupted. ‘Ah. Well. Maybe not. There was that business with a lacrosse team…’ N… Jonathan L. Howard
“ Do you smoke, Herr Cabal?""Only to be antisocial," replied Cabal, making no move. Jonathan L. Howard
“ Lo!" cried the demon. "I am here! What dost thou seek of me? Why dost thou disturb my repose? Smite me no more with that dread rod!" He looked at Cabal. "Where's your dread rod?""I left it at home," r… Jonathan L. Howard
“ My God. Johannes, are you saying that you’re accepting this task because I asked you?’ Cabal did not reply. Instead he found a loose thread on the eiderdown and fiddled distractedly with it. Horst sat… Jonathan L. Howard
“ Guns don't kill people. People kill people.''But guns make it so much easier. Shall we go? Jonathan L. Howard
“ They served to remind Cabal - should a reminder ever be necessary - why his social skills were so poor: people were loathsome and not worth the practise. Jonathan L. Howard
“ No churchmen, I notice. Of course not. What use have they for a world without irrational fear? Jonathan L. Howard
“ It's a philosophical minefield!"Cabal had a brief mental image of Aristotle walking halfway across an open field before unexpectedly disappearing in a fireball. Descartes and Nietzsche looked on appal… Jonathan L. Howard
