I have NOT been this actually scared while reading a book in a LONG time. I have chills and shivers and hair standing up on end and just can‘t stop reading. Just a few more pages to go...

Just finished. Still processing this one, savoring the metallic aftertaste and digesting the gritty substance of it. I can‘t decide what to make of it, just yet, but I have a sad and beautiful and terrible ache in my chest. Darnielle is a writer with subtle power for sure. Anyone else read this one? #amreading #universalharvester #johndarnielle

These lines, man.

I had never read this before, but I‘m so glad I did. It was a quick, beautiful read with startling, gorgeous prose. SO many good lines & stunning paragraphs. Beautiful execution of third person omniscient narrator, also. And, for me? There‘s just nothing like a good witch story.

Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

Yesterday‘s library haul. Started with John Darnielle‘s UNIVERSAL HARVESTER & so far, so good.

Wolfing this down; halfway through. Woke up last night to the toilet running & was convinced a demon had flushed it, if that tells you anything.

Breathtaking. Heartbreaking. Gorgeous prose. Please read.

Beginnings are hidden in the shadows of time, are gradual, are two half glances in a dark bar. Tiny things that no one even notices, but that hold everything.