"Forgive me. The New Moon, as they say, gives rise to reflection."

#ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

“But your role in things, sir! What is it?”

#ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

"I made my rounds and got out early to check about the house."

#anightinthelonesomeoctober

"There'll be an investigation, and–face it–we're all suspecious characters with things to hide."

#ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

"This is a place of peace and refinement."

#ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

"It is very pleasant just being domestic sometimes."

#ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

"That, sir, is the same dog."

#ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

"Lots of people talk to their plants."

#anightinthelonesomeoctober

"It could well be that our mere progress through October was in itself sufficient to produce anxiety."

#bookstodon #ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

"In the meantime," she went on, "I need a warm place, and some catnappery."

#bookstodon #caturday #ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

"Magical rotas sometimes strike me as instructions for lunatic scavenger hunts."

#bookstodon #ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

"We think a bit alike, don't we?"

"Looks like we draw the same lines."

#bookstodon #ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

"A piece of the moon began to rise. Clouds slid quickly across the sky, their bellies tickled by the light."

#bookstodon #ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

I addressed the squirrel through a hedge:

"Are you in the Game?"

#bookstodon #ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

"Life was suddenly even more complicated, and I'd no way of knowing whether they were openers or closers."

#bookstodon #ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

"...But cats are sneaky," I added.

#bookstodon #caturday #ANightInTheLonesomeOctober

I know #WhatWeDointheShadows now, and all through October — just as I have every October before.
Spending #ANightintheLonesomeOctober again, one chapter per night 🧡

The annual #October reread begins. #ANightInTheLonesomeOctober #RogerZelazny #Books #Bookstodon

Almost time to start reading #ANightInTheLonesomeOctober! 🎃

#BookSky 📚