The Hidden Places The Hidden Places(The Hidden Places)

Hollister stood in the middle of his room, staring at the door without seeing the door, without seeing the bulky shadow his body cast on the wall in the pale glow of a single droplight. He was seeing everything and seeing nothing; acutely, quiveringly conscious and yet oblivious to his surroundings by reason of the poignancy of his thought.
A feeling not far short of terror had folded itself about him like a shrouding fog.