Gene Stewart

“The cop rolled against the side of the corridor and slid to his knees, leaving a trail of fiercely burning blood on the wall. Then he collapsed and lay still, and in front of our eyes, to our overwhelming horror, the flames that were burning inside him gradually broke out, singeing and then setting fire to his uniform from inside, and then engulfing his whole body until he lay on the carpet blazing like a ritual suicide.”
― Graham Masterton, Charnel House

“This is not for you.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

“The world’s history was a mass of such disconnected threads, and none could say which were important and which were trivial.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Against the Fall of Night

“We couldn't understand because we were too far... and could not remember because we were traveling in the night of first ages, those ages that had gone, leaving hardly a sign... and no memories.”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness