Beyond the Rift

deep pockets and only the most token accountability

haggard lines of her face

“I wonder what she did to set him off?

Their voracity is as much a part of them as their elastic bellies, their unhinging jaws

plaintive tone in her voice

Although this “cure” had (unsurprisingly) proven ineffective, HerpBGone’s council had cited Waber et al 20081—which clearly showed that a placebo’s efficacy increased with price—arguing that the treatment could have worked if Dexter had only paid more for it

What did he think would happen, the Prosecution thundered, when he forced his so-called truth down the throat of someone whose motto—knitted into her favourite throw-cushion—was If ye have faith the size of a mustard seed, ye shall move mountains? In telling “the truth” Velikovsky had knowingly and recklessly endangered the very life of another human being.

to grovel and abase itself before the omnipotence of the Great Killer God

I retain a smattering of chemical sexuality

the leash, the noose