The Old Races by CE Murphy

Author:CE Murphy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampires, short stories, dragons, djinn, selkies, gargoyles, collections, ce murphy, old races, negotiator trilogy
Publisher: CE Murphy

1849, Trinity Church

The lad sent to deliver the letter thought the sender mad, but put it where he'd been instructed, atop John Atkinson's grave marker in one of the Gothic church's outer nooks. It was raining, but the letter was wrapped three times in waxed paper and the paper sealed along its outer edges. It could be thrown in the river, the lad reckoned, and would come out a century hence still dry.

He sat around for as long as he dared, watching the letter and the grave, half hoping a ghostly hand would reach up and seize it, but nothing so exciting happened. Finally, as it grew darker, he sighed and went back to the scolding he deserved for idling an hour away instead of couriering more letters across town.

Had he waited another half hour for the horizon to swallow the sun, he might have seen a black crack in the church's walls, and a white-haired giant of a man exit, stop, and crouch to collect the letter. He would never have seen, though, the words that brought a smile to the giant's face:

Should you wish to travel, the well-wrapped letter offered, you will find accommodations in Raleigh, Providence, Boston, Buffalo, and may be assured of finding them in other cities in the future.

Your friend and admirer,

Richard Upjohn, Architect

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