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“Like the address, the note was printed in Comic Sans, which seemed like a slight in itself.”
― Kevin Wignall, Those Who Disappeared

“Sisyphus is dangerous, mother.” Persephone said as the Oneiroi lifted into the air and circled about them again. She reached out toward the circle of flames and pulled their destination closer. The walled citadel of Ephyra appeared before them in the widening pathway through the ether. The Queen of the Underworld took a step toward it and looked at her mother one last time. “But so am I.”
― Rachel Alexander, Destroyer of Light

“Waste the air and speak,” the telepathic voice growled, “or I’ll rip your mind to shreds until nothing but a wish to die remains inside it.”
― Jesse Nolan Bailey, The Jealousy of Jalice

“So you slept with a Medici. It doesn’t stop you being Michelangelo.”
― Kevin Wignall, Those Who Disappeared