McCarty Griffin > Quotes

“It wasn’t a bear or mountain lion, or a goddamn psycho with an axe. It was a monster right out of Chiller-fucking-Theater.”
― McCarty Griffin, Monster Story

“the hand looked as if someone or something had pulled it from the arm by sheer force.”
― McCarty Griffin, Monster Story

“She would be scared to death until this monster story had reached its end.”
― McCarty Griffin, Monster Story

“They wouldn’t leave until they had finished him, no matter how long the killing took.”
― McCarty Griffin, Monster Story

“Lora screamed then--a high, breathless sound ending abruptly in a choked gurgle. Something thudded heavily onto the roof.”
― McCarty Griffin, Monster Story

“Somewhere in the hills across the lake, an answering howl floated faintly over the water. The eerie sound trailed off slowly as everyone went silent.”
― McCarty Griffin, Monster Story

“mean, think about it. We’re driving in the country, minding our own business, and out of nowhere came a monster and chased us up a tree. I should be certifiable by now.”
― McCarty Griffin, Monster Story

“The beast roared again and slashed through the car roof. Unable to move, Danny watched the metal roof roll back like the lid on a can of potted meat. His last sight was Paul’s bloody upper body rolling from the top of the car, trailing intestines across the windshield before thudding wetly to the ground.”
― McCarty Griffin, Monster Story

“What if we shoot him with a silver bullet and we just piss him off, like a wounded bear?”
― McCarty Griffin, Monster Story

“You’d think a town with as many rednecks as Stony Creek has would keep an arsenal”
― McCarty Griffin, Monster Story

“Nothing in a movie would ever scare her after those agonized cries. She could hear the blood in those screams.”
― McCarty Griffin, Monster Story

“As okay as a man can get who’s been shot by a maniac and then hacked up on the operating table by another maniac.”
― McCarty Griffin, Monster Story

“When the vet suggested we might want to put her to sleep because of the cost, he actually yelled at her. I think he scared the poor woman.”
― McCarty Griffin, Monster Story