wizard

Freezing spirits of Air

by Matthew Skala

 

My cat watches me from his patch of sunlight. No familiar spirit this year; just an ordinary cat, black and sleek and wise in the manner of cats. Does he feel my pain? I have heard that cats have a similar disease, a slow waning of the body's defenses. But can he comprehend my unique fear?

When I was young and immortal I feared nothing; but in eight centuries I have grown wiser. Even as I advanced my position, removing my enemies one by one, I was learning the price of such advancement. Wizards have long memories, I know this; even dead ones. I fear not death but who waits for me on the other side.

Magician's Merger Chapter 1: Arthur Wakes Up

Chapter 1

In grade six I got the chicken pox, a bad case of the chicken pox.  I remember feeling lousy, and the horrible itching.  Then the hallucinations started.  The giant bipedal rat was the worst.  After that, my memories have a gap.

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