Twilight World by Poul Anderson

Author:Poul Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub

Ivanovitch roared. He knocked two heads together and tossed the victims into the mob. Hands battered at him, ripping his clothes. He surged forward, slapping. Heads rocked on their necks.

Collie braced himself, back to the bar. As the men shoved in against him, he pushed with his feet. Two of them lurched from him. The crowd pushed them back. He slugged hard, into the nearest face. A fist in his belly knocked the wind from him. He sagged, gasping, and they kicked at his ankles. Gulping back air, he crouched low and started to fight.

“Back to back!” whooped Ivanovitch. He spread his legs far apart and glared at the mob. Three lay unconscious before him. The rest moved aside, snarling.

A siren howled. Blue uniforms filled the doorway, and nightsticks prodded a way through the turmoil. “Awright, awright! Break it up there!”

Collie stood breathing hard. Through the window he saw a neon sign across the street, flashing and flashing, insane gibberish of light. He retched. It was not a hurt, it was the sick loneliness that rose in him. They hated him. The world roared and stamped and whirled, grinding, eating, hating, and he wanted to run until he was home again. He wanted to cry.

“You’re all under arrest here,” shouted one of the policemen. “You’re all going down to the station. Now quiet down!”

As they left the bar, Collie saw an automobile drawn up across the way, and a man and a dog standing on its hood and looking over the gathered crowd. It was only a glimpse, and he didn’t think much of it then. The man was a slim young fellow, well-dressed, ordinary looking in his coat and hat. It was the dog that Collie noticed now—a big ungainly creature, shaggy and dark, with too large a head. A mutant dog.

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