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.

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.
