“Granny wasn‘t exactly friendless, but what she commanded mostly was respect. People learned to respect storm clouds, too. They refreshed the ground. You needed them. But they weren‘t nice.”
From “The Sea and Little Fishes” by Terry Pratchett in the tagged volume.
“On this note she swept regally away, hands lifting the front of her skirt off the floor. Roland had heard that such as she couldn‘t go about in daylight, and that part of the old tales was surely a lie. Yet another part was almost true, it seemed: a fuzzy, amorphous shape kept pace with her, running along the row of empty beds to her right, but she cast no real shadow at all.”
From “The Little Sisters of Eluria” by Stephen King in the tagged 📖
Some fantasy, an egg and cheese on a cheddar chive biscuit, and a chai latte with almond milk
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I love this collection of short stories. It's strange though, the edition I have tagged and the one on goodreads seem to have 11 stories, whereas my copy only has 5 (all brilliant though!) I also much prefer this cover, I feel this smaller edition is a great homage to Pratchett.
Legends: Stories By The Masters of Modern Fantasy | 
