" I knock on the door and Flicker yells, “Come in.” It’s dark inside. The only illumination comes from an old Philco Predicta TV. She’s watching The Tingler with someone or something else. I mean, it’s person shaped but completely black. No face or anything else. It’s like a kind of human void next to her on the battered red sofa. "

― Richard Kadrey , Ballistic Kiss (Sandman Slim, #11)