“…if I had had a bottle at that moment I would have put one of the cards into it, playing shipwrecked sailor…” – Gabriel García Márquez, ‘The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor’

“It was a mathematician’s response. Of course she was correct, but the answer was useless.” – Percival Everett, ‘Dr. No’

“He’s been told that nothing is better than meeting God and cold coffee is better than nothing” – Percival Everett, ‘Dr. No’

“Everywhere…the same misery under a different guise…always someone with a little more money, a little more power, and he owned you.” – Silvia Moreno-Garcia, ‘The Daughter of Doctor Moreau’

“The word war is far // “Furry” says my boy / about the cat // I think anthrax / and small pox vax // Pour hot water on dried nettles” – Hoa Nguyen, “Up Nursing”

“But he can’t. The rest of the day was already happening, had already pretty much happened when Gabe kept looking downhill…” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘The Only Good Indians’

“Except for the camper and the trucks, it could be two hundred years ago, he’s pretty sure.” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘The Only Good Indians’

“‘Why did you introduce yourself as a werewolf if that’s not what you identify as?’…’The simple fact is that the werewolf is more easily identifiable, iconic.” – Indra Das, ‘The Devourers’

“There are cases where the job possesses the man even after quitting time…it may affect his attitude towards all life. And art.” – Studs Terkel, ‘Working’

“But nothing has transpired, nothing that can be seen by anyone other than me. No one is looking at me…I start reading.” – Indra Das, ‘The Devourers’