| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 3d65918 | I just hope -- if he does come -- it won't be some sort of horror show. | arrival horrifying horror-show iris-murdoch horror foreshadowing | Iris Murdoch | |
| 23547f7 | In the expectant quiet, there were only the usual sounds of the night. Wind in the big trees out past the school wall, starting to rise as the sky darkened, Crickets beginning to chirp. Then Sabriel heard it--the massed grinding of Dead joints, no longer joined by gristle; the padding of Dead feet, bones like hobnails clicking through necrotic flesh. | horrifying epic | Garth Nix |