Parris's heart thumped wildly against her ribs as the rider nudged his mount forward, stopping directly below her window as though her memories had conjured him up.

An idea . . . But memory, once invoked, conjured all too potently the real presence.

Now he has returned to Albany and his memory conjures the traumatic time when he was holding his baby son and dropped him on his head and killed him.

She was recalling her first visit here, and strangely, the memories conjured an unexpected sadness.

"My memory, like a flashlight, its batteries half spent, conjures stray images out of the darkness."

It was the kind of autumn day fond memories conjure up of a milder season's passing when winter snows lie deep about.

But Cash gave no sign that he heard or saw anything save the visions his memory was conjuring in the dancing flames.

She didn't know what memories the familiar name might conjure, but she wanted to be alone when she faced them.

What memories it conjures.

She hunched her shoulders, though, then let them fall, deliberately dismissing whatever memories my thoughtless remark had conjured.