A Carny in Nebraska lifted his head and
smelled the air.
“It’s come back,” he said. “I always knew we’d know. Any other Romanies here?”
“It’s come back,” he said. “I always knew we’d know. Any other Romanies here?”
--R. A. Lafferty, “Land of the Great
Horses”
I managed to grab a hardback copy of Dangerous Visions for almost nothing. I flipped straight to this story, read the line quoted above, closed the book. It took a few days and a second reading to help understand some of the themes of the story. But for that first night, with a fire behind my eyes, all I knew was that I wasn't putting my head into my pillow until I'd drawn some depiction of a state fair.
Not my best work, but there are elements that I like.
Not my best work, but there are elements that I like.
