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Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.

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My people, we stay indoors. We have keyboards. We have darkness.

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I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who in Hamlet jokes, so this is just me getting it out...more

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The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.

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Listen, gods die when they are forgotten. People too. But the land's still here. The good places, and the bad. The land isn't going anywhere. And neit...more

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Fox was here first, and his brother was the wolf. Fox said, people will live forever. If they die they will not die for long. Wolf said, no, people wi...more

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Fuck you," said Czernobog. "Fuck you and fuck your mother and fuck the fucking horse you fucking rode in on. You will not even die in battle. No warri...more

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It's harder to pick and choose when you're dead. It's like a photograph, you know. It doesn't matter as much.

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So," he asked. "How's death?""Hard," she said. "It just keeps going.

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You know, one time I saw Tiger down at the water hole: he had the biggest testicles of any animal, and the sharpest claws, and two front teeth as long...more

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Shadow crawled across the floor to the yellow foam-rubber pad and climbed onto it, pulling the thin blanket over himself, and closed his eyes, and he ...more

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Call no man happy, said Shadow, until he is dead

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I don't know much more than I did when I was alive. Most of the stuff I know now that I didn't know then I can't put into words.

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It's not what I'd want for at my funeral. When I die, I just want them to plant me somewhere warm. And then when the pretty women walk over my grave I...more

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Are you happy?” asked Mr. Nancy, suddenly. He had been staring at Shadow for several hours. Whenever Shadow glanced over to his right, Mr. Nancy was l...more