“I dreamed the blacksnake rode the guitar / Down the river / I dreamed the clouds went by / The moon like dead fish / I dreamed I was dragging” – Frank Stanford, “The Singing Knives”

“‘You’re being paranoid,’ Jade tries to tell herself. But she doesn’t slow down any.” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘My Heart Is A Chainsaw’

“Singing can be pretty rewarding even when you’re not that good at it.” – Matt Sharp, ‘Blue Album’ liner notes

“Must there be rain in this poem / to approximate my longing? // Then let there be rain. A greater flood. / Let us grow into creatures that survive it.” – Kenzie Allen, “Convergent Evolution”

“I drank every day and people were crazy…BBQ! BBQ! BBQ!” – Elephant Gym, in response to the question “how was Austin”

“You could carry these stories. You could carry this tribe.” – Nick Medina, ‘Sisters Of The Lost Nation’

“This is the famous ‘Animal Crossing’ section” – Tim Henson, “The Making of ‘Playing God'”

“Now that we’re all carrying our secrets together, my breath comes easier.” – Jessica Johns, ‘Bad Cree’

“River god laughing at the water that tickles him” – Henri de Régnier, quoted in the score of “Jeux D’eau” by Maurice Ravel

“You came here tonight to steal a story, a story you don’t have any right to. Why?” – Richard Van Camp, “Scariest. Story. Ever.”