‘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.