Here be Monsters by Stasheff Christopher

Author:Stasheff, Christopher [Stasheff, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2001-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

“What in good candor is that obscene thing?” Quicksilver stared at the roadblock ahead of them.

The women drew up their horses side by side, staring at a vast pulsating white mound that filled the whole lane.

“It would seem to be a mass of witch-moss,” Cordelia said, “but what immense creature was it?”

“And who made it disintegrate into a mound of jelly?” Allouette asked.

There was no answer to either question, of course. The three women fought to hold their horses still—all three mounts were trying to shy away from the pulsating thing—and stared at the obstruction while they tried to work out what could have happened there.

“Dare we go closer?” Cordelia wondered.

“I fail to see any reason why we should not,” Quicksilver returned. “If it is unformed, after all, it has no claws or teeth with which to do us harm.” She touched her horse’s flanks with her heels—but the mare dug in her hooves obstinately. Quicksilver frowned at her. “Nay, sweet horse! Go ahead!”

“Wait.” Allouette raised a hand to touch her elbow.

Quicksilver whirled, a hot denunciation on her tongue, but Allouette was pointing ahead. “Another will test it for us.”

Quicksilver turned back in time to see a squirrel dash across the road two feet in front of the mound.

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