Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe (2013)
“STACKPOLE On Gene Wolfe: He is a writer whom I have admired from afar. His work intimidates me. He has the uncanny ability to draw me immediately into his characters so deftly and with such a subtle hand that to merely glance at a page is to be sucked into a story for a chapter or three. It is sorcery, I’m fairly certain. It has to be, because I can study his work and can’t crack it. While that’s a bit frustrating, it’s also a joy because it means his work remains a seamless pleasure in which I... can truly delight.
The gray fog tendrils swirled around the wound in the mountain’s granite flank. Misty scraps twisted down into it. The haze obscured its black depths, but even its absence would not have let Kellach see much. Standing high on the wooded ridge as dusk came on, he could see little of the slender footpath leading down into the narrow valley. He saw nothing of where it came back up through the forest toward the hole.
“Just as well you’ve stopped here, friend.MoreLess
The gray fog tendrils swirled around the wound in the mountain’s granite flank. Misty scraps twisted down into it. The haze obscured its black depths, but even its absence would not have let Kellach see much. Standing high on the wooded ridge as dusk came on, he could see little of the slender footpath leading down into the narrow valley. He saw nothing of where it came back up through the forest toward the hole.
“Just as well you’ve stopped here, friend.MoreLess
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