Aha, so you are falling in love with Death already. Come closer, let me put arms around you. There now... Here are some tales to encourage your morbid fascination, if you wish to get to know me more intimately.

ON YOUTH

"Some people say that I must be a horrible person, but that's not true. I have the heart of a young boy -- in a jar on my desk."
-- Steven King, 3/8/90

So, you have decided to step deeper into the darkness. I knew you would. Death is irresistable. And I shall indeed give you the reward that you desire.

You may read more of my works.

I have in four parts, the beginning of a tale. It is not complete, because in truth, Death never ends... I wrote this before I learned of Armand's return to unlife.

"We're all surrounded by enemies. All we have to do to rouse them is show a little power, resist the interjecting plans which they have laid with all the solemnity of a god, plans which are only the routine, the ritual, the tradition, the law, the normal, the regular, the sane..."
--Gregory Belkin, "Servant of the Bones" by Anne Rice, 1996.

"I always go on until I am stopped and I never am stopped."
--Percy Bysshe Shelley

"You only live twice: Once when you are born, And once when you look death in the face."
-- After BASHO, Japanese poet 1643-94

"You only hurt people when you tell them the truth about things they cannot respect or understand."
--Anne Rice, "Exit to Eden"

Now, you must return to the front and sign my Guest Book.