| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: the secret of his reticence and fear--these Duane thought best
to try to learn at some later time.
"Hard luck! It certainly was tough," Duane said. "But you're a
good loser. And the wheel turns! Now, Laramie, here's what. I
need your advice. I've got a little money. But before I lose it
I want to invest some. Buy some stock, or buy an interest in
some rancher's herd. What I want you to steer me on is a good
square rancher. Or maybe a couple of ranchers, if there happen
to be two honest ones. Ha, ha! No deals with ranchers who ride
in the dark with rustlers! I've a hunch Fairdale is full of
them. Now, Laramie, you've been here for years. Sure you must
The Lone Star Ranger |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft: and boring journey of January 11th to 18th with Pabodie and five
others - marred by the loss of two dogs in an upset when crossing
one of the great pressure ridges in the ice - had brought up more
and more of the Archaean slate; and even I was interested by the
singular profusion of evident fossil markings in that unbelievably
ancient stratum. These markings, however, were of very primitive
life forms involving no great paradox except that any life forms
should occur in rock as definitely pre-Cambrian as this seemed
to be; hence I still failed to see the good sense of Lake’s demand
for an interlude in our time-saving program - an interlude requiring
the use of all four planes, many men, and the whole of the expedition’s
At the Mountains of Madness |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs: near Formosa that a brigantine had been wrecked there in the
recent typhoon, and his description of the vessel led us to
believe that it might be the 'Clarinda,' or Halfmoon.
"We made the island, and after considerable search found
the survivors. Each of 'em tried to lay the blame on the
others, but finally they all agreed that a man by the name of
Theriere with a seaman called Byrne, had taken you into the
interior, and that they had believed you dead until a few days
since they had captured one of the natives and learned that
you had all escaped, and were wandering in some part of the
island unknown to them.
The Mucker |
