The other day upon the stair, I saw a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today; how I wish he'd go away!" ~Gabrielle O'Callaghan towards Adam Black
Karen Marie MoningIt began as most thing begin. Not on a dark and stormy night. Not foreshadowed by ominous here comes the villain music, dire warning at the bottom of a teacup, or dread portents in the sky. It began small and innocuously, as most catastrophes do. A butterfly flaps its wings somewhere and the wind changes, and a warm front hits a cold front off the coast of western Africa and before you know it youโve got an hurricane closing in. By the time anyone figured out the storm was coming, it was too late to do anything but batten down the hatches and exercise damage control.
Karen Marie MoningYou could ask me to teach you.โ โHuh?โ This night is getting weird in a hurry. โTeach me like youโre teaching a class or something? What are you going to call it: โYou Too Can Be a Sociopath 101โ?โ โIt would be more like a graduate-level class.โ I start to snicker. His sense of humour sneaks up on you. Then I remember whoโs talking and bite it off.
Karen Marie Moning