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A MID-AUTUMN NIGHT'S MADNESS Part 20

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Brief Essays on Genre, Last Part: On Posterity

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On Posterity

 

“The void awaits surely all them that weave the wind.” James Joyce.

 

--Michael Swanwick

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A MID-AUTUMN NIGHT'S MADNESS Part 19

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 You'll call for help.

 

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A MID-AUTUMN NIGHT'S MADNESS Part 18

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 But already you'll be thigh-deep in the ground.

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A MID-AUTUMN NIGHT'S MADNESS Part 17

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 You'll struggle, of course.

(Continued tomorrow)

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A MID-AUTUMN NIGHT'S MADNESS Part 16

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Irresistibly, you will be pulled into the soft, yielding earth.

(Continued tomorrow)

 

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A MID-AUTUMN NIGHT'S MADNESS Part 15

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A skeletal hand will burst from the soil and seize your ankle. 

(Continued tomorrow)

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A MID-AUTUMN NIGHT'S MADNESS Part 14

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 And then...

(Continued tomorrow)

 

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A MID-AUTUMN NIGHT'S MADNESS Part 13

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You will pass by a certain tombstone.

(Continued tomorrow)

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A MID-AUTUMN NIGHT'S MADNESS Part 12

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You will be unaware that occult forces arranged this.

(Continued tomorrow)

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