This is an older story. It first appeared in the Wizard Fantastic anthology from DAW Books back in 1997. Sort of a thought experiment on the nature of affection. Or greed. It rather depends on how you look at it. As I said, an older story. Maybe with more flaws than I like to think I commit now. Wishful thinking, probably, but I'm still rather fond of this story. Dragon would like that.
Somewhere in Portland, there's a very old building, and that very old building has a very, very old basement. An incredible basement, a video-game-level basement, a set-decorator's dream basement.
And when you walk past the janitors office, with the wonderfully decked halls...
And tromp down a sunken hallway...
You find a old room. Mostly empty, dusty, and dead quiet.
And then you start to look closer at the walls.
I created this account as a WordPress.com identity I could comment on friends’ WordPress blogs with. That’s mostly what I’ll be using it for, but I hate to leave blogspace wasted, so I’ll try to at least reblog interesting things occasionally. Meanwhile, hello! My main website is terrymcgarry.com, but I’m happy to chat here as well. ~~~waves~~~





























