Jon Downes

“...that reassuringly cosy child’s night light that staved off all night terrors…all night terrors except the real ones.”
― Jon Downes, The Squatter: An Old Castle Novel

“In time, the cockatoo would become the Greene’s canary in a coal mine.”
― Jon Downes, The Squatter: An Old Castle Novel

“You see, Richard, I’ve been sort of living with the afterlife for the last few years. A chunk of me broke off and died with my son and husband that night. Ever since the car accident I feel dislocated, dislodged, unhinged, undone, constant déjà vu. Sometimes I hear an echo where I shouldn’t.”
― Jon Downes, The Squatter: An Old Castle Novel

“There is nothing in life or the afterlife that can scare me now.”
― Jon Downes, The Squatter: An Old Castle Novel