"The ship’s bell clanged like Judgement Day, spurring every hand to alarm, struggling to batten hatches, fasten gear, and coil mooring ropes under the claws of the beast roaring out of the south."
"For many of his fellow naval aviators, flying became a way of life, but for Cooper, the exhilaration of flying wore off with time."
"The snake lay across Ursula Blackthorn’s workshop doorstep, fat and lazy as spilled sin."
"Her flashlight found Jackson’s bloodless face, as transparent as a dime bag."
"There was Quintin’s troublemaker grin. He was like her, she realized—a coin with two sides. She wondered what secrets he might be keeping. That curiosity drew her even closer to him."
"He blows a puff of smoke at an annotated Songs of Chu, then stabs his cigarette through the pages."
"Frost heaves in the blacktop jostled medical equipment in the back of the truck and sent hot coffee splashing on the man in the passenger seat."
"When he enters the room, the air changes, warping and shifting as he disrupts it, like heat refraction on a sweltering day"
"Improvising at our fridge is another of Milo’s defaults. When he fails to do so he’s usually distracted by a strong lead."
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