The Perfidious Priestesses
Of the Proctothea

Tú, que me lees, ¿estás seguro de entender mi lenguaje?
Jorge Luis Borges, «La Biblioteca de Babel» (1941).

Author’s note: Even I was disturbed by this brief story when I had finished it, so I decided to erect a barrier against its being read by immature and easily corrupted or offended readers. Accordingly, I have adapted its form for transmission to the present and to posterity. He who wishes to read it will have to deduce the modus legendi for himself, and is requested to refrain from passing on the fruit of his mental labors.— Simon Whitechapel, Colchester, June 12th, 2006.

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The Perfidious Priestesses Of the Proctothea

The Perfidious Priestesses
Of the Proctothea