Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Agatha Christie savaged Hercule Poirot—inflicting him with a terminal illness and finally, cruelly, turning him into a murderer—in a fit of revenge that she kept buried in a drawer for three decades (The New York Times printed a Poirot obituary when the book was finally published).
Dann McDorman • West Heart Kill: A novel
Was there only one world after all, which spent its time dreaming of others?
Philip Pullman • His Dark Materials: The Complete Collection: now a major BBC TV series
one final choice:
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
dissolute,”
Andre Aciman • Call Me By Your Name
‘Hello,’ he said, intending a reproof. ‘Hello,’ said the boy. He had the ease of a creature never told it was a sinner from the womb.
Sarah Perry • Enlightenment
she believed that she had to touch every separate slat in every separate bench beside the pond.