Three quotes from "At the mountains of madness and other tales of terror", a novella and some long short stories by horror writer H.P. Lovecraft (1936):

1. "Less than a fortnight later we left the last hint of polar land behind us and thanked heaven that we were clear of… Read full post »

Three quotes from "Slouching towards Bethlehem", the first essay collection by Joan Didion (1968):

1. "Las Vegas is the most extreme and allegorical of American settlements, bizarre and beautiful in its venality and in its devotion to immediate gratification, a place the tone of which is set by mob… Read full post »

Three quotes from "The afterlife and other stories", a collection of short stories by John Updike (1994):

1. "With a terrible shuffling of hooves and heaving of glossy mass, the horse was led from the barn and suddenly Frank was up on it, transformed, majestic, his pink face crowned by… Read full post »