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The things that inspire me have usually been difficult things, books that take several readings and that I maybe still don’t understand. I love enigma and a well-placed ambiguity, and I want a book to make me ask questions, still, after several re-readings, because the more that I ask, the more deeply involved I become. This is all by way of explanation, or a challenge, or perhaps an apology, for what I try to write, because I don’t think books should be a disposable commodity, something consumed once and had done with. That has its place, but it’s not what I’m about. I’d much rather books be sticky and trap you in them. They should be a maze you get lost inside of, a deep cavern underground. I’m not trying to make a bestseller, but I do wa ...more

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	THE BLACK STONE. Stories for Lovecraftian Summonings: Curated by Raffaele Pezzella by Ramsey Campbell, Brian M. Sammons (Goodreads Author), Lucy A. Snyder (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Other bodies, other worlds

All her children were born with six fingers.

Yet she herself had never had more than five.

Fingers.

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“I indignantly answered, “Do you call light what we men call the worst darkness? Do you call day night?”
To this my soul spoke a word that roused my anger, “My light is not of this world.”
I cried, “I know of no other world!”
The soul answered, “Should it not exist because you know nothing of it?”
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