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== Literature ==
* In ''[[Gotrek and Felix]]'' ''Skaven Slayer'', Felix was asked if he had the letters a skaven sent him on his person. Felix, who had no real motive to lie about this, said he didn't on the grounds of the letters vanished in a puff of smoke 5 heart beats after he read them. Felix was either joking or being sarcastic (it's not explicit which, although considering it's Felix, it'd probably be sarcasm). Before Felix was able to add on he also isn't in the habit of carrying around a bunch of various random letters he received (when he was called to attend this meeting, Felix was not informed skaven would be a topic), the person he was talking to expressed amazement at the powerful skaven sorcery that must have been imbued in the letters.
* In the ''[[Alex Rider]]'' books (once which parodies the practice; the item in question is a perfectly normal get-well-soon card).
* In the [[Tom Clancy]] novel ''[[The Cardinal Of The Kremlin]]'', the information from the titular spy would be typed up in the American Embassy on flash paper and inserted into a container which would ignite if anyone tried to mess with it. It was then transported by diplomatic pouch to the CIA headquarters where in the office of the Director it was disarmed. The Director would then photocopy it and get rid of the originals, since having flammable paper around is a hazard. It was mentioned that Directors felt this was overly dramatic... until the first time they saw how important the information was.
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