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He had been instructing Lena in the secret arts since she was scarcely past the crib. Even then her talent was unmistakable, revealing itself in the look in her eyes, the elasticity of her tiny muscles, the spring in her limbs. How piercingly and wisely she looked at him – and into him! She was… Read more
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Once the blackened remains of his aerostatic globe were retrieved, Dinwiddie took to his bunk, afflicted with a profound dread usually reserved for the condemned. He shook, perspired, quivered, and palpitated; so much so that Pu-erh, apprehensive of her own fate, having been placed in charge of the Scot by the Qianlong Emperor himself, summoned… Read more
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Honourable Buddhist scholars leave the East and go West. Mr Daruma, who doesn’t like Buddha, leaves the West to come East. I thought they might meet at the Teahouse of Awakening. Alas! It was only a dream. ⁓ Japanese Zen monk Gibon Sengai (1750–1837), adapted. It was Sunday, and a hush had settled over Stawell… Read more
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Eulogy for an Unfinished Cat Dressed as a cat I traipse through the streets and lanes of yesteryear, a mystery of mind so despised, so unperceived, that this territory marked by squirts of indifference (over many years) has never been gained at all. A quiet squat in the crepuscular light. Who am I but an… Read more
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Document 17: Manifestation Series The unicorn is injured, why did it come? My way is finished. ⁓ Attributed to the Zuozhuan, on the death of Confucius, 479 BCE (adapted) This account, drawn from the lower ledgers in the Registry of Misperceived Wonders (Third Vault), concerns the imperfect ascent of a crown, a sign mistaken for… Read more
