Archive for October, 2003

OBSIDIAN: Palingenesis

October 31, 2003
Fiction

“Who needs the light With the darkness in your eyes Who needs to sleep With the stars in the sky It’s here in your soul I want to be married You are my sanctuary.” – Madonna, “Sanctuary” from Bedtime Stories Adam Stone had a good life. He lived in Phoenix, Arizona all of that life. He met his beautiful wife, Cori, over a year ago and they were married almost immediately. They only just celebrated their first anniversary a few days ago. He had a great job. He and Cori owned and operated a small rare books store named “Ex Libris”. The bookstore was a storefront to their two-story house — the store taking most of the ground floor. The bookstore dealt with new and used books. Hard to find volumes. The arcane and unusual. The rare and valuable. He bought and sold books, scripts, and comic books from around [More]