Andrew Tucker

“He had quite liked the dwarfs. He often had no idea what they were talking about, but for a group of homicidal, class-obsessed small people, they were really rather good fun.”
― John Connolly, The Book of Lost Things

“It was a good thing I wasn’t afraid, because I was scared stiff.”
― George Alec Effinger, When Gravity Fails

“The spider carried the larvae as they developed, and they in turn altered its behavior, causing it to change the webs that it spun, so that when the larvae finally erupted from its body they would have a cushioned web upon which to rest while they fed on the remains of the arachnid in which they had gestated. Epstein had told me that there were entities who did the same to men—dark passengers on the human soul, carried unawares for years, even decades, until it came time to reveal their true natures, and then they consumed the consciousness of their hosts.”
― John Connolly, The Wrath of Angels

“I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked awful, but I always look awful in the mirror. I keep myself going with the firm belief that my real face is much better looking.”
― George Alec Effinger, When Gravity Fails