Chapter 26

Circa 130 BCE
I awoke swinging by my ankles and wrists, bound to a pole carried on the shoulders of two men like some fresh kill being carried home after a hunt. I was naked, my throat was on fire and I could feel neither my hands nor my feet. Realizing my predicament a [...]

Posted on October 28th, 2007 by Zsallia
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Methuselah’s Daughter: Part 4

Gods and Monsters

“Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature gives way to in repose.” (Macbeth, Act II, Scene 1)

Chapter 25

Ann Arbor, February 2005 CE
I was kind of depressed. For about a week after our last meeting I hadn’t heard a word from her and she didn’t [...]

Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Zsallia
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There has been a great deal of what I shall kindly refer to as “canned content” appearing here over the past several months. To those who have written to ask why all I can say is I find it difficult to insert my own recollections between these posts. I have asked if these excerpts might [...]

Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by Zsallia
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Chapter 24

Circa 130 BCE
Seven days. Seven days of running, hiding, backtracking and on occasion, killing. Seven days of knowing he was out there, relentless in his determination to bring me to heel. I could see it in him whenever I ventured close enough to spy him, see that this was not about punishment, nor [...]

Posted on October 15th, 2007 by Zsallia
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Chapter 23
 
Ann Arbor, March 2005
I was getting kind of used to her patterns. Even after I told her it was counterproductive, we’d still lose a day here or there talking philosophy or politics or religion. She didn’t seem to believe in God but did respect spirituality in others, and her take on politics was always [...]

Posted on October 8th, 2007 by Zsallia
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