Compleat Crow (Brian Lumley) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги (ч. 29)

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THIS PENULTIMATE TALE sprang from a personal interest in, numerology, cryptography, and biblical prophecy. So many stories had been written about the antichrist, and I wanted to do it differently. Later, after Francesco Cova had published it in Kadath, his superb semi-professional magazine, he wanted to know how I'd worked it out. I told him I hadn't, that Titus Crow must take the credit himself.

Flippant? -- you could say that — but it really is difficult to say how this one 'worked itself out'. It's one of those peculiar tales that has to be written backwards. Who was it said: 'You can prove anything with numbers'? And who, for that matter, asked, 'What's in a name?'

So here's Titus Crow posing a problem. Now put yourself in de Marigny's shoes and see how you make out. The clues are all there. Hey! — and no cheating!