“Its a case of mistaken identity. Its one big mistake. You werent even in the country when it happened.Maja in the short story 'Metro' by Steen Langstrup”

“My doppelganger wraps the ear in a handkerchief and shoves it into his pocket as he leaves the train with a nod of his head in my direction.William Wilson in the short story 'Metro' by Steen Langstrup”

“This is Denmark. We are Danes. We keep our distance. We do not pick a seat close to strangers if other seats are available. We do not talk to strangers in the trains.William Wilson in the short sto...”

“I turn off my cell phone and reluctantly slide it down my pocket. My hands are shaking. A large knife appears in his hand.William Wilson in the short story 'Metro' by Steen Langstrup”

“The man is well inside the train before the dreadful truth occurs to me. He is the man from the newspaper. The rapist. My doppelganger. My mirrored doppelganger.William Wilson in the short story 'M...”

“Hey," said Shadow. "Huginn or Muninn, or whoever you are." The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes."Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow."Fuck you," ...”

“At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon.”

“I saw thee once - only once - years ago:I must not say how many - but not many.It was a July midnight; and from outA full-orbed moon, that, like thine own soul, soaring,Sought a precipitate pathway...”

“I do not love men: I love what devours them.”

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”

“Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore.”

“I wasn't that good you know. What I was was a guy who could write a little, publishing in magazines surrounded by people who couldn't write at all. So I looked pretty good. But I never thought I wa...”

“The only good thing to come out of it was a kind of wisdom in Hirsch. Hed grown to understand that police officers can drift over time, and it isnt always or entirely conscious but a loss of perspe...”

“The only good thing to come out of it was a kind of wisdom in Hirsch. He’d grown to understand that police officers can drift over time, and it isn’t always or entirely conscious but a loss of pers...”