When you read a supernatural suspense story or a ghost story, or a horror story, the evil at play is something that you can dismiss. And I wonder if, in this time, if people really want to be sitting on the subway reading a book about someone releasing a dirty bomb on the subway. Michael Koryta Read Quote
Ultimately, in my mind, that’s what I’m trying to do with my fiction; I’m trying to transport my reader into a different world. Michael Koryta Read Quote
In terms of characters I wish I had created – just because I haven’t dealt with anything like them – I’m really impressed by characters who can endure over time, whether that be a long series run like a Harry Bosch, or a character who endures over generations and continues to please readers: Sherlock Holmes. Michael Koryta Read Quote