I lay upon the lectern, tightly closed, staring up at the man who dares to attempt to unravel my secrets.
I lie in a chamber with a time-locked door. The door will lock itself from the outside after a delay, giving those that enter my chambers only a half hour in which to read me – [...]
“I can’t be saying I know, Selmy.”
“It’s easy work, it don’t interfere with your undertaking, and it’s damn good money.”
“Aye, I can see that. But I don’t know about going up to that old tower there in the woods. There’s unnatural things abroad.”
“Everything’s unnatural. What, do you think houses just spring up out of the [...]
Aaron walked glumly, eyes fixed on the ground, mouth set in a manner that mirrored the hemisphere of rising sun on the road behind him.
No flahooler he; life was serious and he knew it. There was a peat harvest to get in, and if he didn’t get it he would have nothing to sell and [...]
Doran walked into the ritual chamber, feeling the warmth of the guttering torches all around that released choking black smoke into the atmosphere. He felt the gooseflesh on the front of his naked body relax while it remained on his back, reacting to the chill air of the desert night outside.
He walked to the bull [...]