‘Discourse With A Beast Who Mourns The Golden Age’

A pre-publication extract from the novel The City In The Autumn Stars, this is (or rather went on to become) Chapter Twelve  An interview with the Sebastocrator. Of Byzantium and the Holy Grail. A pact and a plan. Emissaries for Lord Renyard. Discourse with a beast who mourns the Golden Age  of the book itself which was published in April 1986.

First appearance: Something Else No. 3
Manchester:  Spring 1984
magazine;
edited by Charles Partington;
price:  £1·50;
56 pages;

I.S.S.N.:none;
cover artist: unknown.

‘Discourse With A Beast Who Mourns The Golden Age’ (as ‘Discourse With A Beast Who Mourns The Golden Age: a tale from The City In The Autumn Stars’ on contents page) (illustrator unknown): pp. 33–42.

The City In The Autumn Stars is the second in a series featuring various members and generations of the Family von Bek and their curious relationships with both Lucifer and the Holy Grail.