“At that instant the hag’s noisy breathing stopped and with it all other sound. Her eyes opened, showing only whites – milky ovals infinitely eerie in the dark root-tangle of her sharp features and stringy hair. The gray tip of her tongue traveled like a large maggot around her lips.”

“At that instant the hag’s noisy breathing stopped and with it all other sound. Her eyes opened, showing only whites – milky ovals infinitely eerie in the dark root-tangle of her sharp features and stringy hair. The gray tip of her tongue traveled like a large maggot around her lips.”

— Fritz Leiber