# Creep Me Out With Your Closing Line.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850 "2005-05-14T18:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/41 "2005-05-15T17:59:13Z")
“That’s not fair! That’s not fair at all! There was time now, there was all the time I needed…” ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/42 "2005-05-15T18:01:32Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Psycho. > [@Reeder](#): > > Psycho. The simulposts have got it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/43 "2005-05-15T18:01:40Z")
> [@Tracy Lord](#): > > “That’s not fair! That’s not fair at all! There was time now, there was all the time I needed…” Isn’t that the last line to the Twilight Zone episode where Burgess Meredith breaks his glasses? I forget the title… ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/44 "2005-05-15T18:06:30Z")
> [@](#): > > The dark figure beckoned, beckoned in the rain, beckoned for him to come and walk, to come and play the game. And it was time to get started. There was still so far to walk. > > And when the hand touched his shoulder again, he somehow found the strength to run > [@](#): > > “Farewell friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou!” > > And then it leapt from the Earth and went spearing upwards, its wild voice laughing mockery at the Cosmic Balance; filling the universe with its unholy joy. > [@](#): > > Pin sing to me. > Deeper > I love you Dad…Ma I’m so sorry I had to find him I didn’t mean to I didn’t… > One more push. A little one. Pin is almost gone. My eye is heavy, freighted with sight… > Pin sing to me… > Dee … ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/45 "2005-05-15T18:08:46Z")
> [@Steve MB](#): > > “I am not so glad. All day it is cold in here. The chain comes slow out of the wall. I have a bad anger with mother and father… If they try to beat me again I’ll hurt them. I will.” I’m almost positive this one is in one of my bookcases, but I’m trying not to cheat. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/46 "2005-05-15T18:18:57Z")
> [@Darkhold](#): > > The dark figure beckoned, beckoned in the rain, beckoned for him to come and walk, to come and play the game. And it was time to get started. There was still so far to walk. > > And when the hand touched his shoulder again, he somehow found the strength to run > > “Farewell friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou!” > > And then it leapt from the Earth and went spearing upwards, its wild voice laughing mockery at the Cosmic Balance; filling the universe with its unholy joy. Is the first one from King’s Bachman story about the long walk? The second is definitely Michael Moorcock’s finale to the Elric saga. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/47 "2005-05-15T18:23:09Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > Is the first one from King’s Bachman story about the long walk? The second is definitely Michael Moorcock’s finale to the Elric saga. Right the ending to the Long Walk has bothered me more then any other ending I think. Though I hear other people think differently to me it implies he goes totally insane or dies. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/48 "2005-05-15T18:28:50Z")
If we’re not limiting ourselves to fiction, then I’ll toss out: “The future of the United States remains in the hands of a dishonest man.” ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/49 "2005-05-15T18:31:32Z")
> [@Steve MB](#): > > “I am not so glad. All day it is cold in here. The chain comes slow out of the wall. I have a bad anger with mother and father… If they try to beat me again I’ll hurt them. I will.” _Of Woman Born_? Can’t remember authors. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/50 "2005-05-15T19:24:01Z")
Richard Matheson. And I think the title is “Born of Man and Woman.” (_Chicago Manual of Style_ niggle: Short story titles go in quotation marks. Book/novel titles are italicized.) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/51 "2005-05-15T19:53:17Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > The second is definitely Michael Moorcock’s finale to the Elric saga. What’s the name of the finale? I haven’t read Moorcock in years. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/52 "2005-05-15T20:10:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Within, its walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and the doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone. Okay, that one’s easy. How about: > [@](#): > > She had, of course, taken the best advice and had been told that the utmost dictates of prudence would be obeyed so long as she did not put anybody to sleep in the room, which had also been thoroughly disinfected and newly white-washed and painted. But– And one more: > [@](#): > > ladyfingers they taste just like ladyfingers… ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/53 "2005-05-15T20:27:36Z")
> [@belladonna](#): > > _The New Mother_, Lucy Lane Clifford Why is that story considered so darned scary? I read it expecting something really jarring & was sorely disappointed. Yeah, it was unsettling but that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/54 "2005-05-15T20:30:15Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > “I can still see!” Reputedly, the censored last line of X-THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES, according to Stephen King’s DANCE MACABRE. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/55 "2005-05-15T20:34:05Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Reputedly, the censored last line of X-THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES, according to Stephen King’s DANCE MACABRE. And once more I should read the whole thread before answering! _L_ ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/56 "2005-05-15T20:38:39Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Why is that story considered so darned scary? I read it expecting something really jarring & was sorely disappointed. Yeah, it was unsettling but that’s about it. I can’t answer for anyone else, of course, but I first read it when I was only 6 or 7. I had nightmares for weeks and I’ve remembered it ever since. It doesn’t give me quite the same scare now, of course. But I think that’s because as an adult, I can’t identify nearly as much with the children’s situation. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/57 "2005-05-15T21:07:56Z")
> [@](#): > > ladyfingers they taste just like ladyfingers… “Survivor Type” by Stephen King. I’ve never been able to re-read that story. Revolted me too much … (Actually, this is the quote that _I_ was going to post.) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/58 "2005-05-15T21:24:40Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Richard Matheson. And I think the title is “Born of Man and Woman.” Yep. ---
**Author:** ![La\_Llorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@La\_Llorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_Llorona)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/59 "2005-05-15T23:17:35Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I actually don’t know the author for mine, but I remember the name of the story. > [snip] > That one is called “The Humanist Jew”. **Shodan** , you’ve got good taste. That’s one of my favorite stories ever, and I would highly recommend it to…well, everyone! I’m sure it’s been reprinted lots of places, but the one I’ve got is in an anthology: _Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery_. (What? Alfred’s got good taste!) Mine is actually titled “A Humanist”, but since it’s a translation, that’s not surprising. It’s by Romain Gary from a book called _Hissing Tales_. My own personal scariest line: > [@](#): > > Behind her in the living room, someone cleared his throat. Any takers? ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850/60 "2005-05-15T23:28:02Z")
All the ones that I knew have already been answered, but I have two: > [@](#): > > I can see it now, that hand of hers; it only had one finger on it, and a thumb. and > [@](#): > > Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850.md?page=4)