Beth Bell

“Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental, and would, frankly, be pretty damn wild, don’t you think?”
― A.K. Caggiano, Throne in the Dark

“I stared down at my weathered boots, the tips of which didn’t quite meet the rocks directly below the archway, the boundary that, once crossed, awakened the monster on the other side. It was the closest I’d ever stood to the nefarious threshold, the doorway to whatever violent things happened within those trees. Curious as I’d always been to know what existed beyond it, I didn’t dare set foot inside that misty labyrinth of trees. No one ever did, unless prodded by force, because The Eating Woods never returned what was given.”
― Keri Lake, Anathema

“He cups my face in both hands. “Let me have you. Just once. Please.”
― Lauren Palphreyman, The Night Prince

“Moving a corpse in the rain is such fussy, slippery business.”
― J.L. Vampa, The Exorcism of Faeries