Richard Gerlach
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"Monica In the Hall of Moths. Fantastic weird little story. Vivid imagery and lots of paranoia. Great start to this collection." — Oct 23, 2022 01:29PM
"Monica In the Hall of Moths. Fantastic weird little story. Vivid imagery and lots of paranoia. Great start to this collection." — Oct 23, 2022 01:29PM
Incredible, how a slip could become a freefall and a freefall could become a hell where we lived on as ghosts in a haunted world.
“That boy. That stupid little foolish boy took their money, and he ran. Back to Zephyr, back to the clean hills, back where he could think. And then that book came out, with the boy’s name on it, and he saw that cover and knew he had taken his child and he had dressed that beautiful child up like a prostitute and now only people who craved ugliness wanted her. They wanted to wallow in her, and use her up and throw her away because she was only one of a hundred thousand and she was crippled. And that boy … that boy had done it to her. That evil, greedy boy.” His”
― Boy's Life
― Boy's Life
“I didn’t hear the song like Reverend Blessett did. To me it was the sound of summer, a slice of heaven on earth; to him it was all stinking brimstone and the devil’s leer. I had to wonder how a man of God like he was could hear Satan’s voice in every word. Wasn’t God in control of everything, like the Bible said? If God was, then why was Reverend Blessett so scared of the devil?”
― Boy's Life
― Boy's Life
“Mom’s new husband was eleven years older than Mom. He had been Mom’s boss at the Buick dealership where she’d worked until they were married, and you could see that he was still Mom’s boss—the way he spoke to her, not exactly giving orders, never forgetting to say Please but in a tone of voice that meant there was no negotiating. Of”
― Dis Mem Ber: And Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense
― Dis Mem Ber: And Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense
“We call darkness our friend, but when the elders tell us stories of the Garden, they talk of the holy, unending light that was there. How did shadows become our only dwelling?”
― The Heart of What Was Lost
― The Heart of What Was Lost
“Our Grandfathers which art in chaos, Fallow be thy names. Thy kingdom scour, Thy will devour the earth, and hell, and heaven.’ Here at the end of everything, this is all the comfort or reassurance I have left to offer anyone. May it prove to be enough for my brother, and for me.”
― DIVINATIONS OF THE DEEP
― DIVINATIONS OF THE DEEP
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