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Part One Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels’ hierarchies? And even if one of them pressed me suddenly against his heart: I would be consumed in that overwhelming existence. For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we are still just able to endure, and we are so [...]

Nervous was hardly the term to describe what the short, fairly nondescript being disguised as a minor cherubim felt. Rampaging terror would be a much more accurate word. Thrusting his chubby hands deep into the pockets of his brightly coloured tracksuit, he sauntered in a painfully casual manner to the green neon-lit doorway of the [...]

The archangel Gabriel was mightily pissed off. That in itself was not an unusual state of affairs. Gabriel was frequently melancholy, sullen and prone to explosive fits of temper. Being the angel of death, amongst other, more socially acceptable things, had an infuriating propensity to play havoc with one’s social life. He liked to think [...]

Inching back his cuff, Reno looked at his Rolex. It wasn’t the real thing, only a moderately good copy. He never quite managed to get enough cash together for the genuine article, as his friend who managed his money insisted he handed over the bulk of his earnings. Reno was either too stupid or too [...]

“An intriguing case by anyone’s standards, Dr Carfax,” the painfully young junior doctor burbled excitedly, consulting his notes. “The patient..-” “Thinks she’s bleedin’ Count Dracula, pardon the pun,” a burly nurse sniffed from the paper-strewn desk, meaty tattooed arms crossed across his white-uniformed chest.