Stories tagged “ritual”
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Inscription in a pool
“It was the last thing you would expect to find in a swimming pool”, she said. “It’s not a swimming pool, it’s a michvah. A ritual bath”, said the professor. It was one of the banes of being an archeologist. He was playing tour guide to som...
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Unsuspecting
“Yeah, see, I never understood the whole deal with that stuff. It always struck me as kinda… stupid.” “Dammit, that’s because you’re not trying! Just draw the fuckin diagram. My drawings suck.” “It’...
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Shawnee Ritual 2
“I’m not afraid to die. My only wish now is to rescue Mishawaka, your daughter. I’ll sing my own death song with gladness in my heart and travel with the great elk to meet the Creator if that is my path.” Chief Elkhart walked ne...
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Curse of the Black Elk
The noises grew louder, encircling them like an unfamiliar wind. The torches flickered out and the fire in the center of the medicine wheel dispersed a heavy smoke. In the blackness of night, the shadows of the spirit world surrounded them. Chief Elkha...
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Far From Helpless
They had left him in the interrogation room by himself. The door was locked. He had listened to the guards walk away, secure in their belief that steel and stone would hold him. Caid knew he looked like shit. Between the capture and interrogation he ha...
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Neutral Milk Hotel
A dog howled at the sun. Reinfelli whispered in Remy’s ear, “We’ve got to hurry along. We’re going to miss the show.”Remy nodded. He hadn’t been able to think for himself in a long time. It was always Reinfelli. Remy...