The Extra Passenger - The Name In His Book

by Howie Amourscow

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The funnel expanded, the sludge of the Master’s former substance pouring into an unseen mold, filling it. A human shape, and the flutes trilled loudly in Hoven’s ears, piercing his eardrums and making his nose and eyes bleed. He fell to his knees in the presence of the god—

Not a god, he was corrected. Merely The Messenger.

Hoven looked into the beatific face of the angelic man. His skin was an unnatural black, black like light fell into him and was lost, but Hoven could see the man (or what appeared to be a man) in his soul. The Messenger had high cheekbones and a delicate nose, almond-shaped eyes; Egyptian features, the face of a pharoah rendered in anti-light. The figure produced a book in one great hand, and pushed it at Hoven.

Yes, yes Hoven would sign his name in the man’s book; and lo, it was written there though Hoven never moved.

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Average Reader Rating: 3.0 stars out of 5

  1. The Extra Passenger - The Name In His Book

    Nick's Buddy Icon Nick

    Posted 7 months ago

    Damn! I had an idea for good ol’ Nyarl… alas.

    Regardless, excellent work (that I still can’t rate).

  2. The Extra Passenger - The Name In His Book

    Nick's Buddy Icon Nick

    Posted 7 months ago

    By the way, Howie, I’m glad to see the Cthulhu twist brought you out of hiding… or, you know, NaNoWriMo stuff. How goes it?

  3. The Extra Passenger - The Name In His Book

    Howie Amourscow's Buddy Icon Howie Amourscow

    Posted 7 months ago

    NaNoWriMo goes reasonably well, thanks for asking. I’m a few hundred words behind, but nothing that can’t be caught up during Thanksgiving.

  4. The Extra Passenger - The Name In His Book

    Howie Amourscow's Buddy Icon Howie Amourscow

    Posted 7 months ago

    One other note about N.’s appearance here: it is possible that N. will have/will have had an encounter with Simon before… there is a story about a young wizard and an evil library out there in ficlet-land that I hope to come back to after NaNoWriMo ends… mwah-ha-ha…. (Actually, I’m not promising anything other than my returning to that story—when I get back to it, I don’t know where it will go; but N.’s appearance there has been at the back of my mind, so….)

  5. The Extra Passenger - The Name In His Book

    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted 4 months ago

    3.0 out of 5 stars

    I’m a little confused.

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