Category Archives: FROM THE QUOTE BAG

Being other than normal is a perilous advantage. – Natalie Clifford Barney   Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. – Pascal   The highest problem of art is to produce … Continue reading →

Quote Bag: Remy de Gourmont   His one and only subject matter was sex; he was deeply fascinated by the essential capriciousness of the sexual impulse, by the ill-effects of social and religious repression of sexuality, and by the intellectual … Continue reading →

Hard Case Crime has released Cornell Woolrich’s Fright, the title’s first publication in over fifty years. It’s not his best book, or even in the top ten, BUT it does have moments of that peculiar Woolrich magic. It’s set in … Continue reading →

When we first opened our store we thought it was necessary to make people aware of our name and who we were, so we advertised every month in a local publication. Since we didn’t have too many events to publicize … Continue reading →

There is a degree of prettiness which merges to sheer beauty; and Leicester, who had adopted the jargon of his day, had once called her "divine" without eliciting either gratification or amusement from the object of his praise. All the … Continue reading →

I saw Patti Smith last night, thirty years after I saw her for the first time. I’ve seen her many, many times in between and Thursday she put on yet another legendary show. She is a true goddess and I … Continue reading →

The following was created by cobbling together passages from The Lion and the Lamb by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The girl swung herself around on the couch, threw a smoked out cigarette to the hearth, pressed back her hair and sat … Continue reading →

It seemed to him that he was living in many different worlds at the same time. Each of them was equally true. I might forget you eventually, but I’ll never forget your body. – from Depths by Henning Mankell   … Continue reading →

So Megan liked the Dorothy Hughes thang, meaning it will be published in whatever book it’s going to be published in, extending my immortality by another 400 words. Here’s some Hughes passages I scribbled down as I was researching it: … Continue reading →

Fair though it be, to watch unclose The nestling glories of a rose, Depth on rich depth, soft fold on fold: Though fairer be it, to behold Stately and sceptral lilies break To beauty, and to fragrance wake: Yet fairer … Continue reading →