Chrysten McNiel

“I'm not going to murder you, Jed, Mr. Dark, whoever, whatever you are. You're going to murder yourself because you can't stand being near people like me, not this close, close, not this long.”
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes

“But some women, you can tell that in another time, a different age, they would have been leading armies. Or they would have been that army.”
― Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake

“But he fought to save himself, right? Put his hand out to you, to fall free of the machine? So we finish that fight for him. Move!”
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes

“enough ahead that Letha can sniffle, say after sneaking a look back, “How am I going to tell her?” Her chin’s pruning up again, her lips in kind of pre-quiver mode. I think this is kind of where she’s going to be living, the next year, year and a half. At least. Every slack moment between this and that, she’s going to be falling back into Banner not being around anymore. I step in by her, take her by the back of her left arm to make sure she doesn’t stumble.”
― Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake