Some of them even became curious—very briefly curious—about the sharp barbed thing that was coming very quickly toward them. The Curious Squid were extremely curious. Unfortunately, they weren’t very good at making connections.
“No, she would never try to explain such a thing to her husband. It would ruin whatever small bit of credibility she had left. Her intuition, her feelings didn't matter to him-they were unbelievable, in fact. That was the precise word- unbelievable - in the manner of tall tales, urban legends, folk remedies, aliens, mythical creatures rumored to roam the woods, and so her feelings were immediately discounted, even though she knew them to be the truest things in her human experience, a light to show the way.”
― Nightbitch
― Nightbitch
“But since the thing that happened I don't think I've had an emotion that wasn't the visual equivalent of a wet blanket crumpled on the floor.”
― System Collapse
― System Collapse
“Yeah, I'll just code a patch to stop feeling anxiety, wow, why didn't I think of that earlier. (That was sarcasm, I have too much organic neural tissue for that to work.) (Of course I've already tried it.)”
― System Collapse
― System Collapse
“You’re stalling, ART-drone said. I am not. I can stand here and be useless without any ulterior motives, thanks.”
― System Collapse
― System Collapse
“KPS is not, and I say this with absolutely no slight intended, a brooding symphony of a novel. It’s a pop song. It’s meant to be light and catchy, with three minutes of hooks and choruses for you to sing along with, and then you’re done and you go on with your day, hopefully with a smile on your face. I had fun writing this, and I needed to have fun writing this. We all need a pop song from time to time, particularly after a stretch of darkness.”
― The Kaiju Preservation Society
― The Kaiju Preservation Society
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