Flack felt a huge tiredness come crashing crash down upon him, his mind tried to fight to remain awake, to argue, but the insistence was too strong; he could do nought but surrender to its command.
A mighty hush then descended upon the land as, almost all in unison, the beasts slowly fell to the earth and rocks on which they previously stood, crawled, lay, or ran upon. It was a gentle slow-motion tumble into a strange type of oblivion.
The land remained in silence as the work of God was carried out.
25 - Revelations III - Revelation III
Flack slowly became aware of returning of his senses, his closed eyes hid from him the sight of promised changes as his mind struggled to life and to recollection. He began wondering of where he was and what events had preceded his arrival to the now.
Through sealed eyelids he could sense the strength of a hot, glaring sun burning down upon him and then, suddenly realising that he was lying upon his back, fighting an accepted instinct to roll over, he unresistingly sat upright.
His eyes opened quickly and the sun tried to force blindness upon them.
With what felt like a natural reaction, he cast a limb between his eyes and the power of the sun and, astounded, he saw that the limb that moved across his vision was something new and strange to him.
Fascination caused him to lower the limb and to gaze upon it and what he saw took his breath away. He saw a limb that terminated in five slender digits. He slowly flexed and turned the limb in front of him and, for no obvious, special reason, his ‘mind’s eye’ told him that he was looking at one of two hands that he now possessed and which held opposable thumbs.
Flack knew a change had come and he wondered where this change would take him. ‘To what place do I now belong? Which world will destiny make my home?’
Artwork
Front cover artwork - Unicorn Sacrifices - by Stuart William Hagan.
Produced using images available free or in the Public Domain.
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About the Author
Setlu Vairst has had a wide and varied working career, primarily in computers and teaching but also as Licensee and Taxi Driver to name a few others. Living in the North West of the United Kingdom with his wife, sons and three dogs, he spends most of his time tapping away on the keyboard in the ‘kitchen which is no longer a kitchen.’