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- From: cliftonr@netcom.com (Neil Gaiman)
- Subject: 100 words for Xmas
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.004944.27634@netcom.com>
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 00:49:44 GMT
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- Nicholas Was..
-
- older than sin, and his beard could grow no whiter. He
- wanted to die.
-
- The dwarfish natives of the arctic caverns did not speak his
- language, but conversed in their own, twittering tongue,
- conducted incomprehensible rituals, when they were not actually
- working in the factories.
-
- Once every year they forced him, sobbing and protesting,
- into Endless Night. During the journey he would stand near every
- child in the world, leave one of the dwarves' invisible gifts by
- its bedside. The children slept, frozen into time.
-
- He envied Prometheus and Loki, Sisyphus and Judas. His
- punishment was harsher.
-
- Ho.
-
- Ho.
-
- Ho.
-
- ==============================================================
- HERE'S A VIRTUAL XMAS CARD FOR YOU ALL. IT'S A VERY SHORT (100 Word) STORY,
- BY ME, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 'DRABBLE II', SOME YEARS AGO. LATER,
- CALLIGRAPHED BY DAVE MCKEAN, IT ACTUALLY BECAME MY XMAS CARD FOR A YEAR OR SO.
-
- (c) Neil Gaiman, crossposted from GEnie with permission.
-
- (I had hoped to get this up by Christmas Day, but didn't get permission
- to repost it right away. Hope you all enjoy it anyway. -- Clifton)
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