Are You Haunted (part fifty-four)
Are You Haunted (part fifty-four) He stood before a subterranean lake, black as obsidian. But now and again, as though the orchestra tuned its instruments, a shivering note of violin or piccolo would coincide with an expansion and compression of the lake’s surface. Rohdl thought he […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred thirty-nine)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Thirteen The Citadel (part one hundred thirty-nine) “Of a great plague. The noble houses, the lords and ladies, all had thrown their gold into the smelting pot, and massed their gemstones in a pile. Celebrated artisans made glittering effigies of […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred thirty-eight)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Thirteen The Citadel (part one hundred thirty-eight) When the roadway had broadened further, and on both sides stone blocks supported bright-painted wooden houses, I craned my neck to see spires or domes, or any grandeur that might amount to a […]
Are You Haunted (part fifty-three)
Are You Haunted (part fifty-three) He pointed the cigarette at Isobel. “That distinction tells you a lot. See, Davis had a particular gift. It was the thing I liked about him myself, and I got to know him pretty well. If you introduced him to someone, […]
Are You Haunted (part fifty-two)
Are You Haunted (part fifty-two) “But why should they… Do you mean Mr. Guy? Why should they want to kill you?” “Well, if they stated their intentions among themselves, they would never say so. They might say they wanted to help me. But you see how […]
bark (poem)
bark A New Science you had thought of all yourself coopted by the culture, as though your careful memoir unstocked by the reference libraries of most, could be outrun by a browse at the salad bar of information A short intro, or the first of a bulleted list of Key […]
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