So in a shower of sere and silver leaves October is upon us again, filling the soul of man with awe. And with October comes Halloween, that liminal night when lost spirits walk abroad and the realms of the living and the dead are never closer.
It is a beautiful time; a time of remembrance and recollection, a veritable epoch of fireside reverie. We recall the summer that has gone, with all its wonders; sweet, soft lips murmuring hushed awakenings at swallow-thronged dawn; young maidens writhing, moaning in ebon delight; horsemen resting at evensong after hard riding in the Rockies.
But there are other memories too, altogether less glorious: a passing she-sloat’s thick-lipped sneer; the plodding commentary of some dull-witted liberal; the chance encounter with the slobbering inferior unaware of his place. For the sunlight calls forth the rabble like insects. And contact with them fills us with loathing, with crimson nightmares of retribution.
It pries wide my mouth with fast music to think of them dead, their bodies pierced by the stakes of lances, their heads and limbs hacked by sturdy sword-strokes; to think of all our enemies dead or dying, their voices shrieking “Help! Help, Oh help me!” as iron-shod hooves shatter their spines and skulls. Oh Hexers, mortgage your houses, let your children go barefoot, but never relinquish hatred or vengeance.
Obviously, Halloween will be used for hexing, so mark the 31st in your Shadow Diaries. The Hexers involved will be Abigail Brown, Dr Kshatriya and Kelly Rivers herself. So, ladies, start counting those errant males right now! We have also been able to contact Angelo Alvarez, who will undertake specialist Halloween hexing work for selected clients. The alpacas are bleating: his knife sparkles in the sun… Book now, don’t delay!
We have also chosen the 15th of the month for Hexing activity. The Hexers involved will be Damien Crowley, Albert Little and myself.
So, until November, I bid thee farewell. May anger and beauty crown thee with bitter joy and sweeter sorrow. The swallows are departed and soon, we too will depart: but let it be said we left our enemies with blood in their mouths, their bodies hacked in ditches, victims of psychic vengeance most foul.
Happy Hexing!
Pater Theodorus
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