
“Necromeleons," Victor said. "Not to be confused with the Necronomicon, which is the Book of the Dead. However, it isn’t too far from its origins. The dead.”
“Nice.” I shook my head and lowered my eyes. My feet fidgeted.
“Necromeleons is proving a bugger to decipher. Some passages remain impossible. Typically the ones I know to be important. I’ve been translating that hefty volume for a very, very long time. It’s not as easy as translating its smaller friend there, Fludd’s book.”
“They’re in mixed languages.”
“It wasn’t uncommon practise to write mysterious works in a mixture of tongues.”
“Of course.”
“The 16th-century astrologer Nostradamus completed his most famous works in a combination that included French and Latin. It was said to throw off the Spanish Inquisition. Interestingly, one of his verses prophesised the Great Fire of London. Most likely a coincidence.”
- The Shadow Fabric, Mark Cassell
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Mark Cassell lives in a rural part of the UK with his wife and a number of animals. He often dreams of dystopian futures, peculiar creatures, and flitting shadows. Primarily a horror writer, his steampunk, fantasy, and SF stories have featured in several anthologies and ezines.
His debut novel, The Shadow Fabric, is a supernatural story and is available from Amazon.
Twitter: @Mark_Cassell ~ Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorMarkCassell
His debut novel, The Shadow Fabric, is a supernatural story and is available from Amazon.
Twitter: @Mark_Cassell ~ Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorMarkCassell
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