This is the creepiest looking book that I own. I bought it when Borders went out of business in 2011 and have been wanting to read it for quite some time. I did not realize when I bought the book that the dust jacket glows in the dark, but I found out quick enough. I have some books in the living...
Suspension of disbelief is a tricky contract situation between author and reader. Irwin's "The Broken Ones" sets up a new standard of reality in the prologue -- on one remarkable Wednesday, the poles shifted and suddenly everyone was able to constantly see one ghost from their past. Other peopl...
He gave them to Katharine and told her he had moved out into a flat. Katharine nodded, put the flowers on the kitchen sink, went to her bedroom, and shut the door behind her.Nicholas looked at Suzette. “I know they were cheap flowers, but honestly …”Suzette narrowed her eyes at her brother. Katha...
Oscar watched the oily rainbow slick shift and break on its black surface. As long as he swirled, he didn’t think. As long as he didn’t think, he was okay.From the far end of the corridor came a carillon trill of laughter. Two nurses joked. The predawn sky out the window was pewter-gray. By habit...