Creep Me Out With Your Closing Line....

[Tracy_Lord]

“That’s not fair! That’s not fair at all! There was time now, there was all the time I needed…”

[Frank]

@silenus

Psycho.

@Reeder

Psycho.

The simulposts have got it.

[silenus]

@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…

[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.

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

…

[Frank]

@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.

[Ferret_Herder]

@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.

[Darkhold]

@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.

[rjung]

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.”

[Shodan]

@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

[Ukulele_Ike]

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.)

[Shodan]

@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

[Marlitharn]

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…

[FriarTed]

@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.

[FriarTed]

@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.

[FriarTed]

@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

[belladonna]

@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.

[MacSpon]

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.)

[Steve_MB]

@Ukulele Ike

Richard Matheson. And I think the title is “Born of Man and Woman.”

Yep.

[La_Llorona]

@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?

[Susie_Derkins]

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.