"Something of that intense reality of conviction vanished. I began to feel sure it was a dream. And then it came again.

"When the dream came again, nearly four days later, it was very different. I think it certain that four days had also elapsed in the dream. Many things had happened in the north, and the shadow of them was back again between us, and this time it was not so easily dispelled."

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"That book," he repeated, pointing a lean finger, "is about dreams."

"Obviously," I answered, for it was Fortnum Roscoe's Dream States, and the title was on the cover.

He hung silent for a space as if he sought words. "Yes," he said at last, "but they tell you nothing."

I did not catch his meaning for a second.

"They don't know," he added.

I looked a little more attentively at his face.

"There are dreams," he said, "and dreams."

That sort of proposition I never dispute.

"I suppose--" he hesitated. "Do you ever dream? I mean vividly."

The bartender stops washing the glass he's holding and stares at both of us. We both stare back. Robert may not be that bright, but his stare and sheer willpower have brought us out of many situations that could've ended badly. When I first heard that we would need two people to find the man in the glass box, I had no doubt that Robert would be the second man I needed.

 

Big news in this episode about the new format for the podcast.

 

As always, the theme song is Batshit Insanity, by Beatnik Turtle. Find them at

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by Amory Lowe

Tom is a man of limited properties. He only sees the good in people, because like the three monkeys, he sees no evil, hears no evil, and speaks no evil. He has a face that everyone loves, and a mind that everybody pities.

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Judge Claude Fingers knew the onus was on him to say something. He uncrossed his legs. "Mr Silver, I appreciate that reliving that episode must have been very distressing for you--"

 

"And the court shares your distress," Seymour chipped in. "Isn't that right, Y'onour?"

 

"Yes, thank you, Horace. I mean Mr Seymour. Um, Mr Silver, I'm afraid I closed my eyes at a critical moment. Can you confirm for me that you really are now, um, _sans testes_?"

 

"She hacked my damn balls off. With a chisel!"

 

"Oh dear. Mr Seymour, do you have any more questions to put to the witness?"

"Y'onour. Pornography has outstripped the mainstream cinema in popularity since early this century, but only in the latter half of this century have its creators truly reaped the spoils. For six years running John Silver was the highest paid movie star _in the world_. But was he content to rest on his laurels? Oh no. He had a burning desire to push the envelope, and so he became the first, and to date the only, time-travelling pornstar.

 

"He travelled to dangerous locations in the past, always alone, always living on his wits, to ravish the most famous women in history. On the sixth of July this year he embarked on his most ambitious project to date: Mr Silver attempted to seduce no less a personage than a goddess!" Seymour acknowledged the respectful "Aah" from the public gallery. "Sadly, in the course of this performance, Mr Silver suffered a debilitating injury."

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Part 4 of The Dope Fiend
Read by Amory Lowe

 "So what do you want?" I said again. He shook his head at me, admonishing. "You fucked up, boy," he said. "There’s a ghost and an angel on the loose in your city, and you seem to think hiding here and drinking brandy is the answer to all your problems. Look how long it took me to find you. If you’re trying to hide, you’re not doing a very good job of it."

"I’m not trying to hide," I said, annoyed. "I’m trying to think. I don’t understand what’s going on."

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This episode should sound a lot better than the last one. Last time I ever use the Audacity cleaning option again.

The Dope Fiend, Part 2
Read by Amory Lowe

I had seen for myself the power of the stranger, and found in it something that I recognized. Manning’s people may have called it a _Loa_; Chang’s word for it was _Feng-Huang_. And in my own long history I had known ones who were like this mysterious entity, glimpsed from beneath darkened skies and on the edge of worlds beyond time...

My people called such beings _mal’achim_: angels.


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