(Thanksgiving) The Metal That Longs to Move (1 of 5)
[The Island of the Centipede – Chapter Five] — Max is smiling. He’s leaning back and looking at the horizon of the sea — for it is too deep to say he properly sees the sky. He says, “Do you know, I...
View ArticleMax is Dead (2 of 5)
[The Island of the Centipede – Chapter Five] — The horizon divides the sea from the sky. In Sid’s tactical judgment, this is the world’s mistake. He skates a long chain-blade of him along its length...
View ArticleThe Matter of Zheng’s Son (3 of 5)
Mr. Kong is steeping tea. He hears a rustle of silk. He looks up. It is a winter evening. His house is cold. He can see his snowy yard. No one is visible, but he can hear motion. No one has announced...
View ArticleOn The Nature of Judgment (4 of 5)
[The Island of the Centipede – Chapter Five] — See also this legend. — It would be difficult to explain what has changed. That shouldn’t be surprising. If Sid’s answer were easy—if it were the kind of...
View Article“I will make you cry” (VI/VII)
One by one the monster’s forces fail him. The city that once he bound by his own will has become a stronghold for his enemy. It is mazed away, sympathetically estranged, in the keep of a labyrinthine...
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