Stone Siren

Published on Dec 16, 1996

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STONE SIREN

By Xibalba

Copyright 1991, Ephemeris Productions, Inc.

The car had just crapped out. I wasn't exactly sure what

had failed; maybe one of the electronic components in the "state

of the art" ignition system. You can't tell what the problem

might be with this stuff. All I knew is that now I was stuck

somewhere out on the desert with not another car--nothing--for as

far as I could see. I'd been sitting there for more than 20

minutes and the absolute silence of it all was something I was

beginning to notice for the first time.

My unexpected breakdown was just another part of the

whole unexpected cross-desert trip; on an inside tip, I'd gone to

Phoenix for a job interview and found there were over 200 appli-

cants for it. The entire experience was a failure, and now

this...

The unfamiliar background of emptiness was only broken by

the muffled plinking of what had to be drops of motor oil as the

last vestiges of my now still engine's lubrication fell from the

slowly cooling block back into the crankcase. I was marvelling

at how such a faint sound could be so audible when I became aware

that the stillness was now being invaded by something else.

From the distance came the hissing of the warm desert air

as it was sliced by a fast-moving vehicle. "A car!" I thought.

"God, I hope he stops; no one would leave anyone stuck out here."

It was late morning and the temperature still climbing but it was

Spring so things weren't too uncomfortable yet. I had a few

supplies but, without help, I knew my situation could get serious

in a day or so. "Maybe it's a cop..." I hoped.

The car got closer. It was coming from the direction

opposite I was traveling but, who cares, I had to get help some-

how. Maybe I should try to flag him down...

Closer now. It was a pickup truck--a blue one and rela-

tively new. Closer. There was only a driver--a man--he'd seen

me! He's slowing down! "Thank God, I've finally gotten out of

this mess; I hope I can still make it home by tomorrow!"

"What happened?" he shouted as he pulled up on the oppo-

site side of the road from me. He looked to be in his late

thirties, fair-skinned with somewhat boyish features. Perhaps he

lived nearby.

"Don't know," I said, "just stopped running all at once.

I think it's electrical; I've got lots of gas."

He shut down and got out. He was lean and a bit more

muscular than most city people. From his clothing--dusty jeans

and a loose-fitting western shirt--I figured he must be from

around here somewhere. Besides, his truck was covered with

desert dust too, like he did a lot of dirt-road driving.

My hood was up and he looked at the engine. "Can't tell

much from this. All this new garbage is solid state. Crank it

for me."

I hopped in and turned over the engine. Nothing. He

pulled a spark plug wire and held it close to the exhause mani-

fold. "Try it again." I did while I watched him through the gap

between the raised hood and the firewall. From his expression, I

could tell he wasn't getting anything.

"Nuthin' we can do here. I can drop you in Mesquite,

it's about 50 miles back the way you came; there's a garage

there. Guy's a thief, though, he'd charge you an arm and a leg

to come back out and get the car. You want me to tow you?"

"Well," I began--

"What the hell?" he continued for me, "I'm not doing

anything else anyway. And I've got a tow-bar," he said, drop-

ping to one knee to examine the front undercarriage of the car.

"Sure! What do I need to do?"

"Just help me hook you up. We can be there in about an

hour."

As we jury-rigged the tow-bar, I began feeling uncomfort-

able that I was getting help from this nice guy and hadn't intro-

duced myself. "Bill Whitwell, " I spurted and stuck my hand out,

"I certainly appreciate you doing this! You from around here?"

Reaching out from half-way under the front end he shook

my hand. "Harlan--Harlan Marks. Well, kind of." he answered,

getting back to his task under the car, "got a place about 60

miles that way," he said, his thumb emerging from under the car

to point in the direction he was going. "How about you? You

don't look like you're from the desert; where're you from an'

what're you doin' out here?"

"Oceanside. I'm sort of a freelance writer--on my way

back from a job interview. Trying to make money on your own

doesn't always work so well."

"I can believe that!" he said as he reemerged from under

the car, holding one end of a safety chain, "Amazingly enough,

I'm in the writing business too; only some of us are lucky enough

to have a full-time job. Well, kind of full time. I like to

work at home so I've set myself up way out in the boonies where

there'd be no interruptions."

"What kind of stuff do you do?" I asked, looking for a

glimmer of hope for my own miserable career.

He hesitated and looked at me for what seemed a long

time, "Adult adventures" he said carefully.

"Adult adventures..." I analyzed the possible meanings.

"You mean like melodrama, raw guts kind of stuff--"

"No...sex stories, porno--you know, fuck books." He said

it carefully, as if it might make me suddenly dislike him. I

think he told me out of professional courtesy, if nothing else.

"How about you?"

"Well," I started, "I did a lot of work as a staffer for

a big publishing house in L. A. Mostly rewrites of manuscripts.

Everything from kid's books to history to science. It got to be

a real drag--and it didn't pay worth a damn so when I saw a

couple of opportunities I jumped out on my own. It didn't work

too well."

"Yeah, I know about that part," Harlan said, smiling, "I

went through the same process. I fell into the porno market

almost by accident--especially what I'm doing now. A lot of the

background material I use for it was pretty unrelated--I studied

it as kind of a hobby. I was out of money and wrote a quick

story for some fuck mag. They loved it and it went from there."

"Nothing wrong with that," I said quickly, hoping not to

appear judging, "sounds interesting. Does it pay?"

"Sometimes--depends on the market and how they like what

you produce. Let's talk about it on the way--we're set to go."

We hopped into his truck and slowly accelerated down the

road. I watched as we pulled out, looking at my lifeless car

dutifully tagging along. For some time there was silence between

us then his words suddenly came, "Yes it pays."

Harlan's words surprised me so much that, for several

milliseconds, I didn't remember what he was talking about. "Oh,"

I said, sort of surprised, "that. I was just kind of wondering

what kind of stuff you were doing. I mean, what kind of market's

out there?"

"The market's immense. You wouldn't believe it--if

you're out of work, I know you wouldn't. My stuff is considered

hard core--real hard core. Unpublishable in the real world;

underground stuff. But it pays real good once you find the

market. You gay, straight, or what?"

"Uh--well, I'm not sure exactly, I've done both from time

to time but I never--" Harlan caught me totally by surprise. By

normal standards--by any standards--this kind of question might

be considered pretty out-of-line but, I found myself answering it

anyway. For some reason, my unconscious defenses seemed to be

telling me there was no threat here.

"It doesn't matter, really." he continued. "As long as

you are sexual, my type of work would probably appeal to you.

Somewhere in everyone, there's a response to this kind of stuff.

It varies over a wide range but I don't think there's anyone who

isn't stimulated by it in some way."

I had no idea what he meant but the notion was fascinat-

ing. Unconsciously I paged through my memories of porno-type

stories, looking for some aspect that fit his words.

Before I could come up with anything, he continued, "Ever

read stories about ancient cultures that practiced human sacri-

fice? Or maybe about covens of witches or Satanic cults where

people would be used in bizarre rituals and then killed? Or how

about sacrificial ceremonies where victims were tortured and used

as objects for sexual entertainment by their captors?"

I should have been growing suddenly uncomfortable at this

but instead something deep inside was stirring strangely. A

connection between sacrificial rites and sex was something I'd

never really considered before but it made sense. It was sudden-

ly fascinating. I felt the initial rush in my groin that always

led to an erection. "Actually," I began haltingly, "well, not

actually--that is...well, I've read about similar things but I

never thought of--"

"Open your shirt." he said, interrupting me.

He said it so quickly and commandingly that I did it

immediately. I was wearing a shirt with snaps instead of buttons

so I just pulled it apart. With my chest bare, I looked back at

Harlan. I'd done just what he'd told me without hesitation and I

was amazed. He was staring deep into me then his right hand

touched my belly. He moved it up and his fingertips touched my

right nipple ever so lightly. The coolness of his fingertip on

that sensitive bit of flesh sent an erotic lightning bolt through

me; I quivered and the rush in my groin intensified.

"See, your nipples are getting hard; the thought of it

excites you." His hand moved to my left nipple and he squeezed

it lightly. I shuddered and noticed my exposed belly was shiver-

ing despite the 90+ degree temperature. Actually, I'd never been

stimulated like this before. It felt pretty good. "I think I

cheated, though," he said laughingly, "I could tell you were

interested as soon as I told you about it. You kind of develop a

feel for it in people. Maybe that's why my stuff sells..."

He continued. "But I didn't mean to shock you or any-

thing, it's just that most people are excited by the thought of

sexually taking someone without their being able to do anything

about it. They can't share it because society doesn't condone

it. Sure, it might be against the rules but that doesn't make it

any less exciting--actually more so. In the societies that

practiced it, the human sacrifice aspect was simply the respec-

tive culture's way of providing a climax to a very exciting

ritual. While many times the victims were captives, many other

times they were willing."

I took a deep breath, feeling the warm sun on my bare

stomach. I was amazed at how easily I was taking Harlan's sudden

intimacy with me. Normally, I'd have recoiled at his first

sexual reference but there was something about him and perhaps

our isolated setting that disarmed all my hesitation. I felt so

at ease, so unthreatened. All I wanted now was to continue to

explore this idea and Harlan's insight was fascinating.

But he was right about my interest, subconscious as it

might be. The thought of sacrificial rites had always stirred me

but I was never sure why. I felt my erection beginning to strain

against my pants but I was afraid to betray my growing excitement

by looking down at it even for an instant. "I guess people have

always found the unacceptable a source of--uh--entertainment," I

said almost lamely, trying unsuccessfully to conceal the strange

passions continuing to surface. I took another deep breath,

trying to still the quivering muscles in my stomach. Harlan

continued.

"Societies all throughout the past have done it--some

still do. Ritual sex and human sacrifice permeate human history.

It's simply a manifestation of animal dominance and the degree to

which a given social structure embodies their sensual nature in

their culture.

"I started out studying lots of these cultures as an

anthropology major--the Maya, the Aztecs, the Thugs in

India--there are more than you might think. All of them prac-

ticed ritual sex and--many--human sacrifice as a gateway to

oneness with the Universe. In a way, it is a gateway because

those intense emotions and feelings can be totally unlocked as

the participants get more and more carried away by sexual frenzy.

It works for everybody--including the vicitm. Sometimes even

better than it does for his captors..."

Harlan knew the effect his words were having on me. He

paused, looked at me and slowly asked, "Doesn't the thought of

tying someone up and doing anything you want with

them--anything--kind of hit you deep inside?"

His words seemed calculated and I could feel his eyes on

me as he said them. Thinking back on it, he was right about his

evaluating me in some way. There was something unsettling as

well as exciting about it but I couldn't nail it down. Neverthe-

less, being with Harlan had a relaxing effect on me and I sensed

he was aware of it.

He'd unlocked a lust I'd never really explored before and

the aspect of unhibited sex gave it a new dimension that suddenly

drove my mind wild. My thoughts flashed to every human sacrifice

story I could think of. Images of naked victims tied to altar

stones, but now being raped again and again by a coven of also-

naked witches before being killed by a sacrificial daggar. What

about being captured by cannibals who, well aware of your ulti-

mate fate, use your body in every way imaginable before the final

slaughter? Or even more contemporary "shocking" accounts of

serial killers who kidnap their victims for days--even weeks--of

sexual torture before killing them?

Suddenly, I realized was breathing hard; I glanced down

and noticed my cock was bulging uncomfortably against my pants.

There was a tiny wet spot where my lubricating semen had soaked

through my underwear and now my pants. The combination of this

strange feeling of intimacy and these new exciting notions I

found utterly fascinating; I relaxed and allowed myself to take

time to enjoy the thoughts--and the pleasant sensations of my

hardening cock as it pressed ever more firmly against my cloth-

ing. Another deep breath and I let myself slip down in the seat

a little where the sunlight could reach the swelling in my groin;

the warmth felt good.

Harlan smiled a little and his right hand moved to my

crotch. On my pants, the tip of his finger ever-so-gently drew a

little arc below the dark spot of semen. Through my clothing, I

felt his fingertip sliding right along the base of the head of my

penis and I shuddered visibly. For the first time I noticed

Harlan looking into me, penetrating me. He seemed satisfied.

"Ever thought about doing it yourself?" he asked, shift-

ing his intensity to my eyes.

"You mean killing someone?" I said, surprised a bit.

"Or being killed?" he said carefully.

"What do you mean?" I said, the shock of it making me

worry a little. But I still couldn't sense anything evil in his

words--no threat, no hostility. Despite my excitement, I was

still at ease and open with him. He continued.

"I mean, some people like to do the using and some people

like to be used. Death isn't always the way these ceremonies

end, you know. The rituals I write about are usually practiced

by people to intensify sex. Actually, it's a pretty good way to

find out what makes you tick.

"What do you think about when you visualize a sacrificial

ritual? Your first thoughts--what do you see right now? What do

you feel?"

"Well," I mused, "I guess their body stretched out on the

altarstone, naked and vulnerable. Maybe the fear--the uncertain-

ty--as they see their captors watching them, savoring their

nakedness." I'd never explored this before and I thought more

deeply. "Perhaps, their own excitement too, as they realized

they were about to be taken--no, used--as an object of pleasure

by their captors. That the only thing they could do now would be

to abandon themselves to their fate--to give themselves."

Harlan's words about "willing" sacrifices were beginning to make

sense.

I felt Harlan's eyes on me. "Can you feel yourself on

that stone?" he asked slowly. "Can you feel the coolness of it;

the heat from the ceremonial fire; the beat of the drum?"

I was silent. The sound of the truck's engine and its

wheels droning on the pavement suddenly struck me. The rhythm,

the deep sounds. I was lost in these new and strangely exciting

thoughts. My penis was now bursting against my pants; unashamed-

ly I reached under my belt and into my pants to untangle it. The

coolness of my fingertips on its hotness made me shiver and, as I

withdrew my hand, a long droplet of my semen spread over the back

of it. I looked at the wetness and then at Harlan.

"You don't have to say anything," Harlan said knowingly,

"Take off your shirt."

Obediently, I quickly shed the unbuttoned shirt and

looked at him, waiting for his next instruction. He reached

under the seat and came up with what looked like two large soft

leather bracelets. "Put these on your wrists;" he said, "don't

make them too tight."

There was a belt-type hook and eye arrangement on each

bracelet and I awkwardly fastened them so they were comfortable.

Harlan took his right hand off the wheel and tested both of them

by pulling on the heavy steel rings attached to their outside.

"I'm not sure exactly how I think you'll do best," he said,

"we'll have to see. I suspect this is not something you want,

it's something you need, something you must have. If you want it

to be right for you, you have to trust me completely."

It seemed like I hadn't spoken for hours. "OK, " I said,

my breaths coming deep and hard, "just tell me what I have to

do." I was no longer in the real world. I was totally entranced

by Harlan; his understanding seemed to penetrate to the roots of

my soul. Somehow I knew that, if I abandoned myself to him, he

would lead me somewhere I'd never been before--somewhere beyond

wonderful. All I wanted to do was follow him and please him as

much as I could.

He seemed to know it. "Give me your left hand," he said.

He took a metal carabiner link and connected the bracelet

on my left wrist to the one on the right. My now bound hands lay

on my lap; putting a gentle but stimulating pressure on my throb-

bing cock.

Part 2

Copyright 1991, Ephemeris Productions

He was two steps ahead and I felt a surge of erotic energy

as I watched his well-formed buttocks swaying as we walked. He

lifted an animal skin that was covering the door and motioned me

in. There was a hot, damp rush of air and inside I could see a

dim light.

It was an ancient indian sweat house. There was a long

mound coming up from the floor which stood about 2 feet high.

The mound was covered with a thick layer of Tamarisk needles

and Harlan motioned me to lie on it. It supported my body but it

seemed to be kind of hollow at the same time. The warmth and the

softness of the bed of Tamarisk needles felt good on my tingling

skin.

My head extended a bit beyond the end of the mound so that

when I laid down, my neck arched back and the back of my head

rested on the mound's downhill slope. Harlan unclipped my wrists

and then attached each of my bracelets to clips on ropes suspend-

ed from the upper corners of the sweat house. Moving to my feet,

he clipped my anklets to two more ropes. Lifting my head, I

could see I was now spread-eagled with the weight of my limbs

supported by the ropes. My head was heavy with fatigue from my

whipping and the drugs; I relaxed and allowed my head to fall

back on its soft natural pillow. My mind--my entire soul--float-

ed.

The steamy atmosphere in the sweat house had a strange odor

to it. To either side of me was a huge fire pit but only a small

blaze was smouldering in one of them; the smoke drifted out

languidly through a hole in the roof. The other fire pit was

packed to the ceiling with wood and bark. There was a pile of

rocks next to the small fire and water from the spring was slowly

dripping on them to produce the steam.

By the candlelight I could make out a small stone vessel

centered over the flames. I could hear something bubbling in it

and, from time to time, I could just see thin trails of vapor

rising. Harlan moved over to it and had picked up another earth-

en pot. Carefully he poured some of its contents into the stone

vessel and a large cloud of brownish vapor issued up. The odor

in the sweat house was now intense; it was the same brown goo

he'd whipped into my skin outside. The odor was sweet and pun-

gent; I took deep breaths as did he. I could feel a tingling in

my penis.

Harlan made his way back to me, carrying the clay vessel.

He kneeled so that my backward tilted head was centered between

his thighs. It put his erect cock right in front of my face and

the odor of the pot's brown goo penetrated my nostrils. Even

with my upside down perspective, I could see his cock slowly

twitching to his heartbeat; his large scrotal sac rising and

falling with each throb. Though I couldn't see it, I felt my own

cock respond by producing a huge drop of semen that dripped

heavily onto my lower belly. I shivered as I felt its wetness

hit my skin.

Harlan's hand came down to his cock and grabbed it at the

base. He bent it down toward the Tamarisk needle-covered floor.

I could see its stiffness fighting against being pointed in this

unnatural direction. He brought the earthen pot between his legs

and slowly inserted his penis. I felt him shudder as the head

first contacted the hot goo.

His cock was totally covered as he pulled it back out of the

container. Either the hotness or the sensation was causing him

to tremble now and I saw a tiny white droplet of semen just

emerge from the brownness covering the tip of his glans. He

reached down with his other hand and put a gentle pressure on my

chin. Sensing what he was about to do, I opened my mouth and he

slid his cock in slowly.

The brown goo had a sweet, musky taste and it was slippery.

My tongue and the mucous membranes of my mouth tingled wildly as

the substance spread across them. I began to feel more and more

excitement as Harlan's cock penetrated deepeer into my mouth and

then down my throat. In my relatively minimal fellatio experi-

ences, I'd never been able to do it very well because of my gag

reflex. This was different. The goo seemed to numb my throat

somewhat; I was totally relaxed and greedily drank in his entire

length.

He began slowly fucking my mouth in long strokes. My head,

resting back on the mound, was ideally placed. I felt his warm

scrotal sac softly brushing up against my nose and forehead with

every slow and steady thrust. Delicious surges of excitement

washed over me and I closed my eyes to lose myself in erotic

excitement. No doubt the sweet goo was an intense drug for both

of us.

My sensory perception increased even more as Harlan's long

strokes continued. Ingredients in the slick brown gooey sub-

stance seemed to super sensitize my mouth and throat. I could

sense every nuance and curve of his cock as it worked. I could

feel the edge of his glans as it slipped past the back of my

tongue and deep down my throat. I timed my breaths to his

strokes, relaxing and focusing my entire being on abandoning this

sensitive part of me for his taking. My mouth and throat, al-

ready a source of pleasure to Harlan, now became the same to me.

Muscles I never before knew were there gripped and caressed his

shaft as it slid along my throat; it was a mutual love-making. I

remembered Harlan's words about my being simply an "object" for

his pleasure now. The thought was more exciting than ever now

and I let myself go.

I opened my eyes. As Harlan's slow strokes continued, I

could see his sweat mixed with the brown goo dripping from his

balls and thighs when he pulled back far enough for my eyes to

focus. Each stroke was getting more forceful and deeper now; he

was getting close...

I gripped his cock with my mouth and throat as strongly as I

could. He responded by speeding up and thrusting more deeply. I

felt his penis suddenly swell and his urethra dilate as his

climax approached; a warm film of his pre-come wetness suddenly

slickened the back of my throat. It was wonderful; we were

becoming one. I felt my own cock twitching violently with my

screaming heartbeat. Closer. He began to moan.

He exploded; the first rush of his sperm-laden semen flooded

the back of my mouth. Reflexively, he thrust deeper and I felt a

second rush splashing well down my throat. Meanwhile his slip-

pery musk spread, coating the insides of my mouth and throat. It

lubricated him completely as the intense quakes of his orgasm

gradually continued. His cum slipped into me as a second wave of

ecstasy swept him. My being responded by opening itself further,

trying to drawing him into me totally. Out of my mind with a

lust I'd never before imagined, I pressed myself to his thrusting

cock as I felt hot sperm gush once more. My body welcomed of

this precious essence, craving it, needing it. It was wonderful

as those fleeting heartbeat moments passed, we were one in an

infinite orgasm beyond all thought. He was totally inside me

now, his movements frozen, my mouth wide and pressed hard

against his pubic bone. Finally the spasms began to subside.

His sweat-covered torso collapsed onto me. His shrinking

cock was still in my mouth and I began slowly and rhythmically

sucking him in time with his fading contractions. His fingertips

softly gripped my throbbing cock, moving it out of the way as the

tip his tongue pressed into my navel to drink my semen collected

there. Harlan's tongue gently explored my belly, tasting my

skin; consuming the rest of the wetness our experience had thus

far brought from me. My entire body shuddered and I pulled

against my bonds. He moved forward a bit and his now limp cock

slid from my lips.

My mouth, still wide and desperate for more of his juices,

found his balls and he paused to let me take what I might. There

were remains of the drugged brown goo on their soft skin and I

greedily licked and sucked them. I drew first one, then both of

his testicles into my mouth, trying to swallow them in a seizure

of sexual energy. The pressure must have felt good to Harlan

because he moaned with each of my tugs.

Finally he relaxed. Gently, he pulled back from me and I

let his balls slip from my mouth. I was ecstatic and totally

aroused. I looked up at him anxiously as he knelt naked before

me.

"I knew you'd be perfect," he said serenely, "I knew it.

It was the first time he'd spoken to me since he'd bound me

to the tree.

"We're moving on to the next step now," he said softly.

Harlan produced a leather cock-ring and snapped it around my

cock and balls. Its base held a small metal ring through which

he fed a long leather thong. This he ran through another ring on

the wall and pulled the end so there was tension on it. The

effect was to pull my rigid cock from lying on my stomach to

standing vertically. The sensation was indescribable. I took a

deep breath as I felt another surge and a flow of more of my

semen. I watched enthralled as a huge hot drop emerged from my

phallus and ran lazily down. Orange sparkles from the fireplace

glinted from the clear, slick fluid as it left its trail along my

length.

"Close your eyes," he said.

I did and I felt him drape a cloth over my eyes and fasten

it behind my head. A blindfold. What now?

Since no blindfold is perfect, my eyes immediately opened to

explore this new world of darkness. There were only a few light

gaps in the fabric and I was only able to sense the dimmness of

the burning candle wick and Harlan's movements around in the hut.

He seemed to be very active and there were a few sliding and

clicking noises as what seemed to be several minutes passed.

I sensed Harlan moving around again. There were a few

metallic clinking sounds he knelt beside me. A warm liquid

substance was being poured onto my chest in the low spot on my

sternum. I felt his hands spreading it over my now sweat-covered

body. His hands were soft and, as they swept over my pectorals,

I felt my nipples rock hard against them. Another rush of

warmth--this time on my belly. I gasped and felt my rock-hard

cock throb with the sensation. I realized my skin was tingling

everywhere the warm liquid had been spread; this must have been a

more diluted form of the brown goo. All around my stomach--now

my pubic area! I moaned with excitement and started to tremble

as his hands worked the warm substance down around the base of my

cock and over my balls.

The movement pulled against the leather throng binding my

cock, producing erotic sensations like I'd never experienced. In

the blackness of my blindfolded world, I let myself go once more,

focusing all of my thoughts on what I was feeling and the sensu-

ality of it. His hands continued to work, to caress, and the

sensations built. I suddenly realized I was starting to come.

Harlan must have sensed it because he stopped moving so the

surges could pass. Apparently, my release would not be allowed

so early.

There was a pause and then I felt a kind of scratching

sensation on my pectoral area. It was a moment before I realized

it but he was shaving me! I was going to protest but, after all,

I did give myself to him. I was along for the ride and so far it

had been more exciting than anything I'd ever experienced. Let's

see what happens next...

It took what I imagined to be a couple of hours to accom-

plish the task. There would be shaving sensations followed by

warm water flowing over my skin and down into the deep, porous

bed of tamarisk needles on which I was bound. When he'd finished

my chest and stomach, he paused and applied some more warm stuff

to my crotch again. This process went extremely slowly. In my

hyper-excited state I was on the verge of orgasm almost constant-

ly. We developed our own unspoken communication; as Harlan's

manipulations and the thong's tension on my cock brought me

close, I'd moan a little and he'd pause to let the surges dissi-

pate. It was a totally new world and I loved its every nuance.

Ever-so-carefully, I felt him using the razor to strip the

hairs from the base of my cock as it stood vertically, its en-

gorged and throbbing rigidness resisting against the thong hold-

ing it upright. Suddenly, he popped loose the cock ring and my

rock hard penis slapped noisily onto my now hairless belly. I

felt his hands gently lift it as he shaved the remaining hairs

which were under the ring's material. Then he gripped my balls

to pull the skin there tight as he shaved around the edge of my

sac. With each stroke of the razor, my cock would twitch against

the tension. I came even closer to orgasm and seemed to float in

a state of erotic bliss. After what felt like days, he finished.

He stopped a moment, likely admiring the results of his

totally laying bare my rigid and throbbing cock. Suddenly a

scalding hot liquid flowed onto my loins and enveloped my balls.

My body heaved and I heard myself screaming; the ropes binding my

limbs strained against the solidness of their anchors. I explod-

ed with the sensations and I felt a drop of my lubricating wet-

ness spurt from my trembling cock and splash warmly onto my newly

shaven chest.

All at once I recognized the strong odor and the intense

tingling I'd felt before; Harlan had poured the concentrated hot

brown goo over me. It's warmth and aphrodisiac effects were now

beginning to take hold and my muscles relaxed. I took deep

breaths as the hotness of the brown goo ran down and soaked the

soft, now totally naked skin of my scrotal sac. The newly shaven

skin was infinitiely more permeable to the goo's mystic ingredi-

ents and they seemed to penetrate more quickly, having a more

profound effect than ever before. I drifted in and out of con-

sciousness as I allowed myself to once more become lost in the

ecstasies it brought.

More activity now. The cock ring was snapped back on and

the thong's tension restored. He moved on to my legs and I felt

every step as he'd apply what must have been the warm shaving

cream and then gently worked the razor over my skin. His soft

hands gently caressed my calves and thighs as he worked. He

seemed to be feeling my musculature carefully--evaluating me in

some way.

Even my toes were part of it. I felt Harlan apply tiny bits

of warm shaving cream to the hairs on each one then gently shave

it clean. He tested this part of me differently--with his mouth.

After each bare foot was shaved, he'd begin licking the top. I

felt his mouth suck my toes inside it--his slippery tongue run-

ning between them. This sensation was incredible and I heard

myself moaning in my private darkness.

Harlan responded by using his teeth to make gentle nips at

the base of each toe. I began to shiver with the excitement of

this new and fabulous experience and I felt my cock throbbing

wildly against its bonds. Harlan's teeth began working around

the outside of each foot to the instep and he bit down harder on

the soft tissue there. This seemed to be another test as I felt

his teeth and tongue carefully sample every square inch. No one

was enjoying this more than me and, by this time, my entire body

was convulsing with the intense pleasure of it. My moans turned

to gasps as I tried to grind my nakedness deeper into the warm,

now damp bed of Tamarisk needles I was bound to.

Harlan allowed me to relax as he spread more warm shaving

cream on my arms. This time the razor raised goosebumps as he

gently worked it over me. Even my hands and fingers felt the

edge of his carefully wielded razor; my ritual must have required

the removal of every hair on my body. When he got to my under-

arms, he applied a mixture he must have prepared specially. It

was intensely hot and provided yet another new and incredibly

stimulating sensation. After shaving me there, he began working

over that area with his tongue and I began to shiver and moan

once again. I think if he had just touched the head of my cock

at that moment, I would have come instantly.

Harlan began gently sampling each arm's musculature with his

teeth and fingers as he worked his way down to my hands. I felt

my fingers slip into his mouth. His tongue and teeth moved over

each one and then the softer tissue on my palms. Between the

drugs and his stimulation, I had reached places I'd never been

before. I began to realize that this experience must have been

intended for me; that I had been missing something very much a

part of my destiny.

Then he released one of my wrists and removed its leather

bracelet. After carefully shaving the hairs underneath, he put

the bracelet back on and repeated the performance with my other

wrist. Clipping my wrists together, he must have attached one of

the suspension ropes to them because my arms were still stretched

out over my head. Now he moved to my ankles and released both.

Like my wrists, each ankle was freed from its bracelet and

shaved. But this time the procedure was different.

Harlan rolled me over on my tamarisk covered bier. He

reattached my anklets to their suspension ropes and my legs lay

spread and open to him as my rock hard cock pressed into my bed

of soft damp needles. More warm shaving mixture flowed onto my

back and down into its recesses above my buttocks. Soft hands

spread it about and its now familiar tingle felt strangely sensu-

al on this part of my body.

He shaved the few hairs from my skin there and rinsed the

mixture with more hot water. There was only one part of me with

hair still remaining and my excitement built as I anticipated the

unknown, but doubtlessly erotic, sensations which had to follow.

Warm, slippery shaving mixture was now poured onto my but-

tocks and spread gently by his soft hands. Harlan kneaded my

buns, seeming to test them as he'd done before with the rest of

my body. The razor felt cool as it stripped the their hairs away

and I knew his task was all but complete.

Finally, the warm shaving mixture was smoothed onto my anus

and I shivered with it. His soft fingers worked it in and aroun-

d, slipping into me ever so little to make sure every square

millimeter was covered. Harlan's infinitely sharp blade explored

every minute recess of my hole's exterior, carefully taking even

the smallest of the hairs there. I'd never experienced anything

like it and the soft anal tissue tingled wildly as he worked.

Harlan stepped back a moment and I felt him adjust the ropes

holding my ankles. He pulled them tighter and my legs spread

further. When he'd finished this adjustment, I was spread as far

as I'd ever been and the sensation was confused between discom-

fort and excitement at being this vulnerable. My anticipation

was building faster; I took deep breaths, inhaling the hut's

aphrodisiac vapors and reveling in the yet unknown ordeal I was

about to experience.

My body heaved as blisteringly hot goo flowed down between

my buttocks and onto my newly denuded anus. My muscles there

tensed as my breaths became gasps. Harlan sensed it and his

fingers began spreading the slippery admixture over those sensi-

tive tissues. The soothing effect was immediate and I felt my

entire body relax. His finger slid into me and I shuddered once

more. Inside, the liquid was like sexual fire as it coated the

tender membranes there. My heart pounded as his finger slid in

and out, each time more deeply. Then there was a second finger,

a third; my breaths were coming hard and deep now. I sighed as

he began to withdraw his fingers but, all at once they were

replaced with what I though must be his cock.

My suspicions were confirmed instantly as I felt the warm,

moist skin of his stomach on my now bare buttocks and back.

Slowly he drove his member up to his balls into me and, just as

slowly, back out. At the same time he rubbed his skin on mine,

driving the slick, sensuous brown admixure into both of us. It

went on for several moments and I began moving with him as he

worked. I though him close to climax and longed for his hot

sperm to join the fluids already inside me. But he slowed and

stopped, apparently saving this load for pleasures yet to unfold.

Gradually, he slid from me and, taking a deep breath, stood up.

He was finished. Releasing my ankles and turning me over,

he removed my blindfold and lifted my head so I could see my

body. It was totally devoid of hair; I was like a newborn baby.

This must have been part of the ancient ritual: preparing the

soul of the sacrifice to be reborn. The warm, damp Tamarisk

needles again felt sensual on my bare feet and I slowly rubbed my

toes into them while Harlan released my arms.

He clipped my wrists together again and led me out of the

hut. It was very dark and felt intensely cold outside the ele-

vated temperature of the sweat house. He wrapped a robe similar

to his around me and donned his own. We walked toward the

spring.

As we approached, I could see a small fire burning. In the

dim light I could make out something hanging from one of the

trees nearby. Getting closer, I saw it was some type of rectan-

gular harness arrangement suspended horizontally by several

ropes.

It was made of leather and looked to be just the right size

to hold a human body. Harlan positioned me so that it was behind

me and he untied two of the ropes so the harness hung vertically.

He removed my robe and unclipped my wrists. He backed me into

contact with the leather straps. Stretching my arms upward, he

clipped each of my wrists to rings attached to the ropes running

up to the tree. As I stood there spread-eagled, he buckled

straps around my torso that held the harness to my body. Then he

began tightening the remaining two ropes.

As the harness became horizontal, Harlan gently pushed me

backwards so that I was finally suspended about three feet above

the ground. My feet finally left the ground and he clipped my

anklets to two more rings in the ropes about 2 feet above my now

horizontal body. He stepped back to examine me. He seemed to

fill with excitement as he surveyed my naked, and now hairless

torso hanging before him in the firelight. He threw more wood

onto the fire and dropped his robe. His cock was becoming erect

again.

Harlan stared at me for a long moment. My bare buttocks

extended just past the end of the harness and he seemed fascinat-

ed by their shape in the flickering light. I'd known for some

time that I had a nice-looking ass; both men and women had com-

mented on it. Actually, I'd developed an eye for this particular

body part too and I found Harlan's naked posterior quite stimu-

lating. The feeling was apparently mutual as he reached out and

gently caressed each of my buns; sampling them like he had the

muscles of my arms and legs. There was still a trace of the

welts my earlier flogging and I sighed deeply at his touch.

Seconds later, he'd seemed to have made the decision to

continue and began shortening the ropes suspending my legs and

lower torso. Instead of being suspended horizontally, my body

was now tilted upward with my buttocks slightly higher than my

chest.

Harlan reached down by the fire and brought back what looked

to be a goat-skin container of some kind. It was obviously full

of something and had a tube protruding from one end terminating

in a small penis-shaped head. I began to see what was about to

happen. With my legs spread apart and tied well above, my anus

was perfectly positioned.

Harlan reached down again, this time coming up with what

looked like a small leather pouch about six inches in diameter.

He squeezed it and more of the dark brown goo emerged from a

strategically placed hole where the pouch was sewn together. He

ran the goo all along the length of the tube's penis-like end.

Holding the tube and turning it as the slippery substance ran

over its surface, he waited until its entire length was coated.

With another squeeze of the pouch he deposited another gob onto

his finger and gently slid it into me.

He seemed to enjoy sliding his finger through my anal open-

ing; he worked it firmly but gently and the drugged substance

began to make my entire lower body tingle. As his finger moved

around in me, he brushed my prostate gland causing a large drop

of my semen to appear at the head of my cock. As he slid the

enema tube deep into me, the drop slowly fell onto my bare stom-

ach leaving a string-like link to my urethra that sparkled bright

orange in the firelight.

As Harlan lifted the enema bag, I felt its liquid flow into

me like a warm glow. I felt a sudden fullness and a rush of

excitement. He'd apparently added some kind of drug to the

mixture and it was being absorbed almost instantly into my blood-

stream.

When all the liquid was inside me, he slowly withdrew the

tube. From a small shelf built onto the nearby tree-trunk he

took a small, carved stone butt plug which he coated with the

brown goo and slid into me. I felt my sphincter slip around its

rounded head then grip its grooved base, making a perfect seal.

Harlan stood there for a moment and then his fingertip touched

the end of my cock as it now lay on my upraised stomach. He

collected some of my wetness with it and tasted it. He smiled.

Without saying a word, he turned and walked away. I couldn't see

him anymore; the only awareness I now had was of the stars above

me and the warmth of the fire crackling nearby.

The drug inside me was working more strongly now; it was

powerful and made me concentrate on my nakedness, my vulnerabili-

ty as I hung there. I realized I had truly passed from my previ-

ous identity as a person to a simple object of pleasure for the

captor to whom I'd given myself. I felt relaxed and at peace

with it. No longer did I wonder what would happen to me nor did

I care--I only wanted to be worthy and provide the whole of

myself to the one to whom I now belonged. I realized that the

more pleasure I gave him, the more I would ultimately experience

in return.

I began breathing heavily as time passed and the enema began

to work. I don't know how long Harlan had left me there but

suddenly he had returned. He reached right below me and seemed

to lift something. Straining, I could see it was some kind of

hatch or covering. Reaching between my legs, he slipped out the

stone butt plug and loosened two of the ropes suspending my torso

and legs; the harness must have been well designed technique

because my torso was almost instantly tilted downwards. My bowel

let go and I could see that there was indeed a deep hole below me

strategically placed for this operation.

Harlan washed me off with a flow of warm water apparently

heated by the fire during our sweat house experience. He hoisted

me up again. This time he used a different bag but it had the

same appearance as the first. After lubricating me and the tube,

he held it high as he filled my gut again. The hotness spread

through me once more.

The drug rush hit me. This time infinitely more intense

than the first. My mind and body reeled. The hallucinations

were beginning again and my entire consciousness focused on my

penis standing out rock hard directly in front of my eyes. This

time the feeling of fullness was carrying me away; I flowed with

it while watching drop after drop of semen emerging and running

across my upturned stomach toward my hairless chest.

I felt myself being lowered again. Either my bowel released

more slowly this time or my perception of time was beginning to

be altered. It seemed like a long time before I found myself

cleaned up and hoisted ass high again. The firelight spread into

rainbow-like patterns on the Tamarisks over head. The whole

desert began to throb to my heartbeat.

Harlan had a third bag ready; this one was a little smaller

than the first two. It was wet and steaming like he'd just

taken it out of a pot of hot water. Instead of a long tube, it

had a rigid large diameter tube about six inches long. At its

end was a short rounded fixture that looked like a phallus. It

was a phallus! It was carved from wood or stone but it was

definitely an artificial penis. Harlan squeezed the bag out of

the head of the penis issued a large blob of the drugged brown

goo. He smiled a little as he spread the slippery substance over

it.

At that moment it occurred to me why the shapes of Harlan's

enema bags were so familiar. I stared at his phallus-tipped bag

as he again lubricated my anus. They resembled human stomachs!

Could he have gotten them from some ancient shaman? Did he take

them from previous sacrifices like me? Did--

I gasped as Harlan slipped the artificial cock deep into me.

He squeezed the bag and I felt the drug laden mixture oozing red

hot into my shivering bowel. My mind was only partly functional.

Would he kill me? What will--The drug rush hit me like a tidal

wave and I was totally swept out of my mind. All I could think

of was how utterly sexually excited I was; how complete was my

nakedness and vulnerability. I belonged to Harlan; whatever he

did would be wonderful--even death.

He removed the now empty bag and lowered my torso level

again. His face was staring into mine. Around his head were

glowing rings of color. The firelight had converted the green-

ness of the Tamarisks into millions of hands reaching for the

sky. This time when I saw the stars, there seemed to be billions

of them, all beckoning to me.

In my delirium, I saw Harlan taking hold of his cock and

spreading a large glob of the hot brown goo over it like he did

in the sweat house. He slowly approached me and touched the head

of it to my anus. It was an incredible feeling. He pressed into

me and I felt my entire being open up to him, I felt totally ful-

filled. He didn't move, he just stood there coupled deep into

me. He smiled serenely again as he must have felt the rush from

the drugs in the goo permeate his cock and work outward from his

groin.

Slowly he pulled out of me and took a long look at his

twitching cock. He reached down and returned holding up another

phallus-like object so I could see it. It was a penis and scro-

tum carved from stone lifelike except that, like the butt plug,

there was a deep groove cut which reduced its diameter by about

half. He covered it with more goo and slid it deep into me. He

must have had it in the heated water too as I felt its hotness

flowing into my anal tissues.

Harlan walked around to where my head was protruding beyond

the end of the harness. I'd been straining my neck muscles for

what seemed like hours now to watch what was being done to me. I

relaxed and let my head fall back and hang upside down. Just

like in the sweat hut, slid it in all the way. By this

time I was ravenous for the sweet, brown goo and greedily sucked

and lof it.

After a moment, he slowly removed his dick and backed away.

The drugs were coming up to their full strength now in my system

and I could no longer raise my head. My upside down perspective

heightened my disorientation and I became lost in a world of

hallucination and erotic imagery. To the best of my knowledge

Harlan had left me there.

Hours seemed to pass as I lie suspended. My mind swirled

with images of thousands of sacrificial victims, offering them-

selves over the centuries to be bound and used by even more thou-

sands of tormentors. They--as now myself--were resigned to their

fate as objects of sensual pleasure, seeking only the revelation

of the mysteries hidden deep within their souls and knowing only

their captors could remove that veil.

The next thing I remember, I felt my anklets being unclipped

and my legs dropping. It was still dark. Just as it had been

every time so far, the soft Tamarisk needles felt sensual as my

bare feet gently touched down. My arms were still suspended

above me and I heard a voice ask, "How are you?"

It was a moment until I could speak. I looked down at my

body and seemed to see its hairless nudity for the first time.

My cock was no longer the throbbing rod as before but it still

stood out in front of me in a half-erection. I felt, and sudden-

ly remembered, the stone phallus still lodged in me. "Fine, I--I

think," I heard myself say.

Harlan was wearing his silver robe again. He reached up and

unclipped my wrists from the suspension ropes. My numb arms fell

limp to my sides. I could barely stand.

"Are you hungry?" he asked.

I imediately found myself famished. I didn't know how

many hours it had been since my ordeal began--I couldn't even

remember the last time I'd eaten before that. "Yes...yes," I

said weakly.

Harlan clipped my wrists together again and led me back

toward the sweat house and the fire pit. The fire was blazing

huge and bright--much more than before. We walked by the smooth

flat altarstone and I felt a surge deep in my groin as I looked

at it. My eyes were again drawn to the grooves at the ends and

corners of the stone. In my mind flashed visions of the count-

less naked, struggling victims, their bonds wearing them deeper.

The stone was calling to me and I wanted nothing more than to be

tied to it. He allowed me to pause next to it a moment, letting

me touch it with my bound hands. It was cool and welcoming to

me; my cock had hardened once more and its tip justone's edge.

It was electric. I shuddered with it and

Harlan watching me; his eyes told me the time had not yet come.

We walked on.

We arrived at the sweat hut and Harlan motioned me in again.

The interior was no longer damp and hot. There were several

candles burning and the fire which was burning earlier in one of

the two fireplaces was out. Instead, even more wood was stacked

to the ceiling there, just like on the other side. Actually the

floor of the hut was covered with bundles of wood except for a

small pathway to the long raised mound in the center. Harlan

motioned me to sit on it and he clipped my wrists to a rope

hanging down from the middle of the ceiling. He walked out.

The drugs were still affecting me and I wanted to touch

something sensually. I reached out a bare foot and gently ran

the bottom of it across the broken ends of one of the wood bun-

dles on the floor. It stirred me. I felt my cock begin to stand

erect again. I began rubbing my other foot on the damp Tamarisk

needles directly in front of me and it felt good. I became

conscious of the soft cushion of needles directly under my naked

ass and I shuddered. A drop of clear semen appear at the top of

my stiffening dick. Fruitlessly, I searchefe when I'd been this

excited; there was nothing ev I took a deep b

The swishing of the skin covering the sweat house door

revealed Harlan entering with an earthenware bowl. The odor of

cooked meat triggered an intense appetite and I couldn't wait to

eat something. The food in the bowl had a strange but very

intriguing odor.

It was meat alright and it was very tender, like it had

been marinated and cooked a long time. There was a smooth, sort

of musky texture to the sauce. I thought it might be laced with

some more drugs but, by this time, all I wanted was more of this

experience so I ate it greedily as Harlan fed it to me. There

was quite a bit and I finished it all. Harlan held the bowl to

my lips as I drank the last of the strange-tasting gravy.

I felt rejuvenated and relaxed. I noticed my cock had

lost its erection for the first time since I'd met Harlan. I

felt content. "What was it?" I asked him.

"A special meat prepared from an ancient recipe. It's

only served to those involved in the ritual," Harlan replied

quietly.

"It was good," I said in an effort to compliment him,

"what was in the sauce?"

"Natural meat juices, some special ritual drugs, and

human sperm," he said matter of factly.

When Harlan used the words, "human sperm," I felt a

renewed tingle in my groin. The thought of this was fascinating.

Suddenly, the thought of my consuming someone's come prepared as

a gravy was incredibly stimulating. I felt my cock beginning to

stand erect again.

This whole ritual was beginning to be enormously reward-

ing for me; it was like my entire life had led me to this point.

Harlan was a loving guide showing me what was possible. I felt

tremendously grateful to him and renewed my resolve to totally

give myself to whatever or wherever he'd take me. My cock was

indeed erect again and I longed for him to remove his robe and be

naked with me.

I felt another strange sensation begin to build. It was

a rushing dizziness. The food must have contained more potent

drugs and their effects were beginning to hit. They must have

been intended to stimulate me sexually since that was certainly

what was going on. I was unconsciously rubbing my bare feet into

the hut's damp Tamarisk needle-covered floor and I look see

yet more clear semen drops appearing from the hea

rock-hard cock.

Harlan seemed to be aware of just what was happening and

what I was thinking. He reached up and unfastened his robe. It

dropped at his feet and, for the first time, I was able to get a

good look at the tiny object attached to his right nipple.

It was a small gold ring passing through a pierce in the

nipple. On the ring was something suspended--a tiny shape I

couldn't quite make out in the dim light. He seemed to read my

mind again and moved closer so I could see. It was a tiny phal-

lus!

"You might call this my totem," he said quietly, "it's

the symbol of my soul. You have your symbol too and you must

help me find it before I can free your spirit completely."

Harlan looked deep into me and, from his eyes, I could

tell he had found something. I wasn't sure what it might have

been but I had made some discov

this and wanted it intensely. Something buried for my entire

life was awakening and I felt it emerging more and more strongly

with each passing heartbeat.

Harlan squatted and picked up my right foot as I sat on

the hut's mound. I leaned back and shifted my weight to the rope

suspending the bonds holding my wrists; the stoy rectum shifted a

bit and felt good. Harlan's hand gently

stroked and squeezed the my calf muscles, testing them again

carefully. His other hand unfastened and removed my anklet. He

removed the other anklet in the same way.

His soft touch stimulated me and, combined with the

effects of the drugged meat, my body was gently trembling. I

looked down and saw that more large, clear drops of semen had

emerged from my urethra and were sliding down the hard shaft of

my penis. My gaze drifted to my now completely naked legs and

feet; their lines no longer broken by the leather ankle brace-

lets. I again slowly rut on the

hut's Tamarisk needle-covered floor and the sensation drove

electric shocks up my legs into my groin.

I hadn't noticed Harlan's hand moving up to my chest.

Suddenly I felt his soft fingertips gently caressing my rock hard

nipples. This was a totally new feeling and my whole body quaked

with the excitement it brought. I looked back at Harlan's eyes

and found them staring deep into me again. He was definitely

seeing something--something that, to me, appeared that he wasn't

completely expecting.

His hands unclipped the rope suspending my wrists. He

removed my leather bracelets and let my hands drop to my sides as

I sat there. "We don't need these anymore," he said softly,

I knew what he meant. We stood up together and he

led the way outside.

I felt myself changing faster than ever now. Watching

Harlan's well-formed buttocks swaying gently as the light from

the huge fire in the pit outside played on theion grew. The drugs

in the meat were working well

now and every sensory input was amplified. Walking caused my

already throbbing cock to bounce and the slight downward strain

on its rock-hard erection became more sensual with each step.

The sudden, intense heat of the fire felt fabulous on my

trembling nakedness as we approached the pit. We walked slowly

by the sacrificial stone and I felt it calling out to me louder

than ever before. Unconsciously, I touched its smooth surface

again. Its coolness brought exactly the sensation I expected and

this satisfaction sent a jolt of delight through me. I looked

again at the grooves worn in the stone's ends and corners and

breathed deeply.

This was not our destination yet, however. Harlan had

led me to a small flat altar built atop the low wall surrounding

the firepit. On it was a bundle made of a very old animal skin

covered with heiroglyphic characters. We knelt down and Harlan

began unwrapping it.

I said nothing as I felt the changes inside me continuing.

Inside the skin was a rolled piece of ancient cloth about 18

inches long and Harlan spread it out on the altar stone. Inside

was what appeared to be three obsidian blades, each about three

inches wide. Two were more than a foot long and a there was a

smaller one about six inches long. The knives had handles made

from what appeared to be human femurs--each femur section care-

fully sized to match the scale of its blade. The bones appeared

extremely old, their brown surfaces glazed from being handled for

many many years.

Without a doubt these were ancient sacrificial knives used

during Yuka rituals--perhaps the same ritual of which I was now

part. From the edge of the fire pit, Harlan picked up a large

covered bowl. As he removed the cover, the odors from the swirl-

ing vapors told me it was more of the strange gravy I'd had in

the sweat hut.

Looking deep into me, he drank several large gulps. The

warm liquid ran from the corners of his mouth, dripping onto his

stomach and loins. Without breaking eye contact, he handed it to

me and I did the same; the silky warm splash of the escaping

droplets spread over me.

"It's time to choose," Harlan said softly and seriously.

"You are free now. You can go if you wish or you can finish what

you've begun." He fell silent and stared into my eyes as we

knelt naked in the firelight.

There was really no choice for me. In these past hours,

I'd come to know an existence far beyond any mortal experience I

could concieve. Harlan was no longer a guide to me; he was the

gatekeeper who could deliver a path to the secrets of the Uni-

verse. I knew my death could be a part of it but I also knew

more--much more--awaited me.

----To be continued----

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Jerry Gaither

E-mail: jerryg@pacbell.net

Home Page: http://www.GeoCities.com/SoHo/1344

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