Youโre seventeen. Youโre supposed to be dealing with school and hormones and dim-witted parents. Youโre supposed to be finding out who you are as a person.โ โBut I already know who I am,โ Valkyrie said. โIโm a world-breaker.
Derek LandyBut I'm really enjoying my retirement. I get to sleep in every day. I do crossword puzzles and eat cake.
Derek LandyWait, do they even know I'm coming with you?" "No. But they like surprises. Almost always.
Derek LandyValkyrie walked to the back door, which hadn't been closed properly, shut it and locked it. There was now a baby in the house, after all. She couldn't take the chance that a wild animal might wander in and make off with Alice, like those dingoes in Australia. She was probably being unfair to both dingoes and Australia, but she couldn't risk it. Locked doors kept the dingoes out, and that's all there was to it, even if she didn't know what a dingo actually was. She took out her phone, searched the Internet, found a picture of a baby dingo and now she really wanted a baby dingo for a pet.
Derek LandyYou have no idea the power generated each time somebody is told a story. When a conscious, sentient mind willingly ignores what is real, what is fact, and instead chooses to invest in people and places that never existed...It's magnificent.
Derek LandyHe put on his hat and wrapped his scarf around his jaw, but did without the wig and the sunglasses. He clicked his key chain and the car beeped and the doors locked. "That's it?" He looked up. "Sorry?" "Aren't you afraid it might get stolen? We're not exactly in a good part of town." "It's got a car alarm." "Don't you, like, cast a spell or something? To keep it safe?" "No. It's a pretty good car alarm.
Derek Landy