Robert Quick

There's a darkness in you. It hides in our whole family. It's a sickness that must be fought and acc…

Screams, hundreds of them, howled in waves. Sometimes they joined together in choral unison, almost …

The story Uncle Charlie told went that some Columbians had jacked a Volvo and tried to outrun the co…

So many of the businesses in Lickton were gated, barred, or just downright broken. The damage wasn't…

When his cell dinged as an alarm, a single note strong and pure as a minister's daughter, Lamar didn…

And the mask did shimmer and flow like molten gold

but where did the tattered robe of the exalted Ki…

I watched as a deep, dark, gulf widened between two people leaning against the same Honda Civic. Pap…

Behind the shimmering curtain of rain, made bright by passing headlights, a stately house appeared. …

In the dark my hands made twisted shapes, more through intuition than direction. They danced like th…

Hurrying to the bathroom, I felt like I was going to burst. I prayed that no one was in it and reach…

The cool of the window pane seeped into Roger's skin, bringing blessed cold. In a few minutes it wou…

Cicadas sang in the heat of the day. Mostly. But it was well past sundown and the night was far fr…

“Nice shirt.” Adela said. Her eyes glittered mischievously.

I was wearing my classic Star Wars shi…

The last thing I remembered was driving . . . somewhere. Somewhere important. I think to meet somebo…

The two fighters were clumsy. They didn't know that before but they knew it now. Winning a fight was…