#thriller

The girl had a special way of saying “anything”. The gods had blessed her voice with a special monopoly. It delivered an acoustic chocolate that was laced with all flavours of euphoria. The substance led to surges in testosterone in all types of men, including the average botanist. “Anything.” The way she handled the word endowed it with so many possibilities. Professor Khupe decided to investigate how many of these Ketiwe would let him explore. To his delight the parameters of the word had proven to be quite elastic. ↗

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

#flame-lily #great-zimbabwe #hangman #mystrey #parnormal

Would you believe I was in the neighborhood?” “No." “Well, how about that I needed to see you.” “Why? Did one of my neighbors call and say my cat’s been stalking their bunny?” One corner of his mouth went up. “You know, that sounds like a euphemism. A kind of salacious one” “Ooh, big words for Mr. Average Joe street cop,” she said, knowing she sounded bitchy but unable to help it. “Can you take out the angry eyes, Mrs. Potato Head, and just let me talk to you? ↗

— Leslie Parrish

#psychics #romance #romantic-suspense #thrillers #romantic

The ultimate downfall of the computerized holographic receptionist was that there was no amount of flattery, flirtation or chocolate that could convince one to lie for you. ↗

— Scott B. Pruden

#humorous-quotes #immaculate-deception #satire #science-fiction #science-fiction-comedy

Maligned –powerfully-drawn characters acting out a disturbing view of our future.” -David Compton, New York Times Best-Selling author ↗

— Kathleen Papajohn

#romance #science-fiction #thriller #science

Yes, 1960’s North American sitcoms have led me to study the United States 1920’s and 1930’s crime bosses— QET Jenkins ↗

— Kim Welsman

#science-fiction #thriller #women-s-fiction #science

I tell everyone who asks me about writing...almost everyone has an idea for a book, and some even have a great ending, but it's that 290 or so pages in between that are tough! ↗

— Brooklyn Hudson

#thrillers #writing-advice #writing-craft #writing-craft

It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#gorilla #i #killer #manila #thriller

My tears had unexpectedly become real. ↗

— S.L. Wallace

#political-thriller #sci-fi #scifi #sci-fi

I like all of the mental, psychological thriller movies too. I enjoy horror movies across the board. ↗

— Sophia Bush

#board #enjoy #horror #horror movies #i

I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#anyway #boat #compete #crime #find