Sometimes I think that I'd like to scoop out a part of your brain and carry it around with me in a little filigree box.

Then I realize that you wouldn't be able to write stuff like this if I did.

This was wonderfully creepy, and so vivid it made my skin prickle.

Also, have you by any chance read Silk (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0451459008/qid=1054682182/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-6524310-2599141?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)? Spiiiiders.