Writing is a subtle art that is reached mostly by self-discovery and experimentation.
Literary detection and firearms don't really go hand in hand; pen mighter than the sword and so forth.
If it's a chimera alert, we just follows the screams.
What’s the opposite of déjà vu, when you see something that hasn’t happened yet?” “I don’t know—avant verrais?
The industrial age had only just begun; the planet had reached its Best Before date.
The safest course was actually the simplest-do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn't a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition.