C.H. Valentino

We stop on the interstate between mile-marker eight and nine. Domestic attrition doesn’t need an appropriate time or place, only a couple. And here’s my other half, my in-sickness-and-health – with whom I hope his death does the parting first – screaming while sweat runs pomade down his forehead.

“Why...

"People are afriad to merge on the freeways in Los Angeles"

~Brent Easton Ellis

Colorful ditties, undressed to their civies -

seeking relief from the heat of the day.

Discovered by teachers,

who insisted their features

Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red ~Clive Barker

In the version I read there was an introduction from the author. I rarely read introductions and I skipped this one...

The ties that bind

The cuts that bleed

The pain that makes me hiss.

The burn that stings

The skin that peels

"Turns out, this guy is Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny all rolled into one."

~Richard Kadrey

I'm taking it back now

What I said

What I did

I'm taking it back now

You can't have it

Napoleon advised: Place your iron hand inside a velvet glove.

~Robert Greene 

I just kept asking myself is the author was single, and if not, was his marr...

I’ve been looking for a motive,

To extinguish every vote of

Confidence I receive

from every single side.

Having something to say, or something you wish us to experience, is what gives your novel its power. Identify it. Make it loud. Do not be afraid of what's burning in your heart. When it comes through on the page, you will be a true storyteller.

~ Donald Maas...