Cameron Trost > Quotes

“- I don’t know what else to say.
- There is nothing else to say. A few minutes of words can’t change years of absurdity.”
― Cameron Trost, Hoffman's Creeper and Other Disturbing Tales

“The short story is where the writer bares all. There's no room for padding or glossing over. This is where imperfections are exposed and strengths are on display.”
― Cameron Trost

“Even if I had convict ancestry, I wouldn’t be ashamed of it. As far as I’m concerned, the real criminals back in those days weren’t twelve-year-old boys nicking a loaf of bread or a pair of socks to ward off hunger and blisters. No, it was those who exploited them; keeping the battler in the gutter while they sat around in their manors, sipping tea and admiring portraits of their toffee-nosed great grandfathers.”
― Cameron Trost, Hoffman's Creeper and Other Disturbing Tales

“Other writers aren't your enemies. Your greatest opponent is the version of your self that holds the other version back. Unleash the best version of you!”
― Cameron Trost

“Whenever there’s a riot, that’s how it starts. It grips us to see the foremost god of the modern world crushed by prehistoric might. The burning car is the single most poignant representation of the post-industrial psyche.”
― Cameron Trost, Flicker

“The lime lorry was waiting, its voracious motor rumbling, while bright spotlights scanned the houses on either side of the street. On the side of the vehicle, those meaningless words printed in dark green. Was it the name of a revolutionary new company, or that of the end of it all—the apocalypse?”
― Cameron Trost, Murder and Machinery

“By running a couple of red lights and overtaking cars in the oncoming traffic lane, Declan was able to make it to the Gooding Drive roundabout in record time. He knew for a fact there was no surer way of getting a girl in the mood for hanky-panky than proving one’s manliness through motoring prowess.”
― Cameron Trost, The Animal Inside: A Collection of Strange Tales

“Writing sober might not be a barrel of laughs, but writing drunk is a whisky business.”
― Cameron Trost

“It was only the second time they had made love at her place. Andrew had identified the hibiscus flower in her mystery box and requested the site of their lovemaking. Ever since she’d told him about her father’s reptile room, he’d wanted to do her there. He’d imagined that fornicating in the middle of a room walled with vivariums full of lizards and snakes with phallic bodies and flickering tongues would be highly arousing,”
― Cameron Trost, The Animal Inside: A Collection of Strange Tales

“The case of the Stayne fortune had been challenging
and nerve-wracking, but also financially rewarding. At present, the investigator of strange occurrences found himself in the unusual position of not having to worry about paying the rent on time and being able to stock their home with such basic necessities as a bottle of decent whisky.”
― Cameron Trost, Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable

“I write because I have stories to tell that have never been told before. I want to share these stories with you. I want to keep you up at night. I want to take you by the hand and lead you into the tunnels. Then I'll let go, because I want you to lose yourself for a while.”
― Cameron Trost