Ashes and Entropy by Laird Barron

Author:Laird Barron
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightscape Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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The man’s name was Mr. Leclair.

He said, “I heard you’re good with computers.”

“I don’t know much,” I said.

He held something out to me that glowed brighter than the moonlight. Something small and gleaming that seemed to change shape in his palm.

“That’s a microprocessor,” I said.

“So you know something, at least.”

I touched it, almost involuntarily. It cooled my blood with its magic. It was something like The Congregation, but different. Stronger.

“Come work with me,” Mr. Leclair said.

I hesitated. He placed the chip in my pocket.

“Think about it,” he said.

Later, when he’d driven away and the sun came up, I slipped into bed. I took the chip out of my pocket, and placed it on the bureau.

I dreamed of a mountain of metal, its sides so steep and smooth it was impossible to climb. I dreamed of a spider with long, hairless legs emerging from a metal egg. I dreamed of a golden moon filling me up with light from the inside where it couldn’t hurt me.

I woke gasping and clutching the chip. I must’ve grabbed it off the bureau in my sleep. It left red impressions on my palms from grasping it tight.

I needed to go to him. I needed to go to Mr. Leclair, and whatever thing that waited.

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