You're nothing if you're not special.

The CIA agent looked more dead than alive. Alex wondered if he had been hit, but there was no sign of any blood. Perhaps he was in shock.

Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.

Alternatively you can twist the cylinder round twice clockwise; that turns it into a hand grenade. Five-second fuse. I tested it on one of my assistants. Poor old Bennett... he should be out of hospital in a couple of months.

If this is what you do to the winner, I'd hate to see how you treat the runner up.

Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.

I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight.