The madman jumped into their midst and pierced them with his eyes. "Whither is God?" he cried; "I will tell you. We have ki...

“It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and tr...

“There was no air; only the dead, still night fired by the dog days of August. Not a breath. I had to suck in the same air I exhaled, cupp...

"And it was the afternoon of Halloween. And all the houses shut against a cool wind. And the town was full of cold sunlight. ...

“He had never liked October. Ever since he had first lay in the autumn leaves before his grandmother's house many years ago and heard t...

"The wind outside nested in each tree, prowled the sidewalks in invisible treads like unseen cats...Anyone could see that the wind was...

“I suppose you think you know what autumn looks like...The trees go all red and blazing orange and gold, and wood fires burn at night so ev...

“Then she did see it there - just a face, peering through the curtains, hanging in midair like a mask. A head-scarf concealed the hair a...

“Sometimes hatred can even give unbelievable power to people.”

It was true that the ghastly sounds I had heard through the fog had greatly upset me but far worse was what emanated from and surrounded th...

Even before he reached me, I recognized the aroma baking up from the skin under the suit—the smell of burned matches. The smell of sulfur....

"Brody felt a shimmy of fear skitter up his back. He was a very poor swimmer, and the prospect of being on top of—let alone in—water ...