Subconscious knowledge

Feeling very happy with my subconscious today, as it came up with the terms "Prater", "Uhlan" and "scrap-metal" (MM Firmin and Andre) in the relevant contexts, all of which proved on research to be accurate: it would be nice if I had access to the information consciously without having to do the double-check, of course, but it's very satisfying to have written "in the Prater" as a placeholder and then to find, after strenuous attempts to identify a likely riding-spot in Vienna, that there actually is a place by just that name and in a suitable location :-) (My conscious mind was busy associating it with South America...)

Beyond the Abyss

One of the three new stories currently held up at various stages of the publication process: this one is probably ready to go.

Unlike my Harry Potter attempt, this one just materialised out of my subconscious in the old way when I had a long walk to do one day, and is in consequence rather better in quality! I came back with the leather of my shoe-soles worn through (a prospective hundred-pound bill -- eek) but with this story in the bag, which seems a reasonable exchange...

Continuity: Phantom of the Opera musical, with a touch of Leroux.

Summary:

"Don't throw your life away for my sake": Raoul will take any cost upon himself to save Christine from the Opera Ghost, even if all he can do is buy her a little time... Rated T for horror/angst.

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Beyond the Abyss

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