I am dangling, and it is only my father's blood-slicked grip around my wrist that stops me from falling.
- "The Will of the Many" - James Islington
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It was eight o'clock on a Wednesday morning when the Fallen Angel of Petty Temptations walked into a quaint cafe on the north end of Church Street.
-"Small Miracles" by Olivia Atwater
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"Locked in darkness that surrounded me like a coffin, I had nothing to distract me from my memories."
“Poison Study” by Maria V. Snyder
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"So far, magic school was total rubbish."
“In Other Lands” by Sarah Rees Brennan
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They say you can spot a true shénnóng-shī by their hands- palms colored by the stain of the earth, fingertips scarred from thorns, a permanent crust of soil and blood darkening the crescents of their nails.
“A Magic Steeped in Poison” by Judy I. Lin
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"Statistics show that most mortals sell their souls for five reasons: sex, money, power, revenge, and love. In that order."
Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
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"I sat at a table in my shadowy kitchen, staring down a bottle of Boone's Farm Hard Lemonade, when a magic fluctuation hit."
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
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"My philosophy is pretty simple -- any day nobody's trying to kill me is a good day in my book."
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
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"I decided that Orion needed to die after the second time he saved my life."
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
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"Dear You,
The body you are wearing used to be mine."
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
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"This was perhaps one of the most beautiful places in the world for an ancient, evil body to be buried."
Order of Chivalry by Mihir Dhawan
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"People think selling one's soul for music is as simple as "Sign this contract and --poof-- you're a genius!"
Were it that easy, the world would be awash in transcendent song. Obviously, this is not so.
Souls are cheap.
The trick is finding the right soul."
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
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"She returned home two hundred and seventeen days after burying her husband while his pregnant mistress sobbed so hard that she made herself sick."
A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh
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"You can't kill me," I said. "You don't have the strength."
Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert
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I get about as far as "Dear Millie Price, we are delighted to inform you" before I emotionally black out like I've just been whiplashed by a rainbow and drop-kicked into a river of glitter.
When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord
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It was the first day of autumn when I came to Blackbird Castle, the trees copper and green, pumpkins growing along the ditch by the side of the road, a moon like a lidded silver eye already visible in the sky - in short, an excellent day for a witch to return to her ancestral home.
Cinders & Sparrows by Stefan Bachman
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As Sancia Grado lay facedown in the mud, stuffed underneath the wooden deck next to the old stone wall, she reflected that this evening was not going at all as she had wanted.
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
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