

“Doug’s entire speech was landing like a series of jabs to my gut, but that last sentence hit me like an actual slap in the face. Doug was truly dead to me. Dead and buried.”
― Virtual Mirrors: First Journal
― Virtual Mirrors: First Journal

“Just now he was on a mind-blowing adventure and it was rapidly spiralling out of control, and this is what he needed to concentrate his mind on. How could he squeeze Daley to get the book back; that’s if Daley had it in his possession in the first place? The next few days were going to be crucial.”
― Get Rich or Get Lucky
― Get Rich or Get Lucky

“I feel a tingling sensation in my body, and I can almost feel her lips in my mind now. I think she likes me, but I need to be sure.”
― Ritualistic Murder
― Ritualistic Murder
“When my depression turned to anger, I knew I was on the way to recovery.”
― America's Daughter
― America's Daughter

“Everyone kept moving along, like no bad thing would ever happen to them; that sort of thing was only on Twitter or the news feeds. They were safe. Nothing would happen to them. Even in the very spot where it had happened, people moved on with their lives. It was either impressive human-spirit stuff or just total, impenetrable ignorance: the belief that death naturally wasn’t a part of their lives.”
― No Winter Lasts Forever
― No Winter Lasts Forever
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