Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #12 March 2015 | Page 29

Part Two – The Land of the Dan
The steady creak of the oar and the splash as it thrusts
us ever onwards are a counterpoint to my story. My
eyes are closed, to better see the story, to not be distracted by audience reaction. Not that the Corvid-like
Ferryman would show any reaction. Bird-like, reminding me of what I thought the Seventh Magpie would
look like, so long ago.

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The Ferryman asks the man in red, the Storyteller, if
he had any luggage to transport.
“I have no such belongings. Nothing, apart from the
weight of stories.”
“And where do you travel to?” The man asks, he can
see th