LK

“He had always found hope harder to deal with than despair. Despair didn't get disappointed.”
― K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord

“There are a number of recommended methods of dealing with ghosts—salt and iron, harmonic resonance, some people swear by exorcism, and not just the priests—but that's the fist time I've seen anyone try a left hook.”
― K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord

“Have you seen the mummies at the British Museum?”
“The Egyptian ones? No, not yet. But they have a similar thing in China.”
“Did you ever imagine if they started moving? Withered hands reaching towards you and sunken eyes staring?”
“I didn’t, but now I know what I’ll be dreaming about tonight.”
― K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord

“The house is decaying, the furnishings are museum pieces, half the staff are consumed with loathing of me out of loyalty to my father, or because I remind them of my brother. In any case, they're people who lived in the same house as Hector when there are perfectly good ditches to die in, which tells you as much as you need to know.”
― K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord