| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Herbert West: Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft: To
the vanished Herbert West and to me the disgust and horror were
supreme. I shudder tonight as I think of it; shudder even more
than I did that morning when West muttered through his bandages,
"Damn it, it wasn’t quite fresh enough!"
III. Six Shots by Moonlight
Published
April 1922 in Home Brew Vol. 1, No. 3, p. 21-26.
It is uncommon
to fire all six shots of a revolver with great suddenness when
one would probably be sufficient, but many things in the life
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Mother by Owen Wister: skilful hostess had assembled us in the country, beneath a roof of New
York luxury, a luxury which has come in these later days to be so much
more than princely. By day, the grounds afforded us both golf and tennis,
the stables provided motor cars and horses to ride or drive over
admirable roads, through beautiful scenery that was embellished by a
magnificent autumn season. At nightfall, the great house itself received
us in the arms of supreme comfort, fed us sumptuously, and after dinner
ministered to our middle-aged bodies with chairs and sofas of the highest
development.
The plan devised by our hostess, Mrs. Davenport, that a story should be
told by one of us each evening, had met with courtesy, but not I with
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Juana by Honore de Balzac: was taken back to the secret chamber, where the servant-woman carried
to her openly both light and food.
"You do right to hide her," said Montefiore in Italian. "I will keep
your secret. The devil! we have generals in our army who are capable
of abducting her."
Montefiore's infatuation went so far as to suggest to him the idea of
marrying her. He accordingly asked her history, and Perez very
willingly told him the circumstances under which she had become his
ward. The prudent Spaniard was led to make this confidence because he
had heard of Montefiore in Italy, and knowing his reputation was
desirous to let him see how strong were the barriers which protected
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