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1 " Pye turned his paw over and chewed his claws. “Humph. What you think of me is none of my business.”“You don’t know, do you?”“Know more than you . . . Know what?”“You are dead.”Pye patted his paws. “No, I’m not.” He rolled on his back and stretched, enjoying the warmth of the fire.“I’ve been here since 1665.”Pye chuckled. “You are, if I may so, in remarkably good condition.” Apart from the hole in your head, missing tail, and pulmonic plague cough.“I’ve seen them come. Seen them go. Seem them hang around in limbo. That’s what it’s called when beings don’t leave this Earth.”“Purgatory!”“I am responsible for many deaths,” Rita said.“You!?”“They couldn’t build the graves fast enough to bury the bodies.”“I don’t understand how a mere stump-tailed fur ball could endanger life.”“If I were you I'd think that.” A silence followed before Rita said, “I did not work alone.”“Oh? "
― , Heaven Won't Wait
2 " Jim slept deeply, lulled by the rhythmic rumble of the purring Pye. "
3 " Griselda, satisfied she’d solved the riddle, and the pressure relieved, farted. She prescribed a bowl of tansy, good for killing worms and cleansing the bowels. "
4 " All people wore protective shells, but inside, one emotion governed them, fear. "
5 " You seek to torment. But I am not a witch. Trial me; I will not confess to the craft.”“I don’t blame you for being a witch. I condemn you for not accepting the burden of your talent. Now open that door. "
6 " And the circle was complete, as it should be and would be, as the snake ate its tail. "
