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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I give you Chapter Nine of 'The God Squad'
"JingleJangleJingle
They slept. Hundreds upon thousands of bodies, all sleeping a deep and peaceful slumber. The vast, cavernous space in which they slept was filled with the fitful grunts, sighs and farts of sleep. Very occasionally, in one choreographed movement, all of the bodies would spasm rhythmically, and then…
JingleJangleJingle
Thousands of hands with nicotine-stained fingernails scratched at thick, long beards as all of the bodies turned in unison. Arms raised in to the air, performing a complex salute to the sky, before clasping back down to the sides of the bodies once more. Legs twisted in a merry yet complex dance, and then…
JangleJingleJangleCLUNK
The room echoed as hundreds of thousands of sticks were gripped in liver-spotted hands and thrust out to meet their neighbours in a thick, wooden cacophony of noise.
The Morris Dancers were sleeping.
But now, they were waking up."
The rest of the chapter, and indeed the story so far, can be found here
EDIT: Apols for line breaks, stupid wider screen. The online book is not so breaky, I promise!
( , Fri 24 Jul 2009, 11:19, 7 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
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