She became certain that there was something in the dark behind her: something very old and very slow. Her heart beat so hard and so loudly she was sca...
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Darkness is happening," said the leather woman, very quietly. "Night is happening. All the nightmares that have come out when the sun goes down, since...
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Richard began to understand darkness: darkness as something solid and real, so much more than a simple absence of light. He felt it touch his skin, qu...
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It is not that I was credulous, simply that I belived in all things dark and dangerous. It was part of my young creed that the night was full of ghost...
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The lovelorn came, too. The alone. The lunatics-they were brought here, sometimes. Got their name from the moon, it was only fair the moon had a chanc...
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Slowly gently night creeps up on you, more gentle than light, it helps you realize how much the light hinders you. In the darkness your senses learn w...
