Karl Edward Wagner

“In their castle beyond nightGather the Gods in Darkness,With darkness to pattern man's fate.The colors of darkness are no monotonous hue - For the blackness of Evil knows various shades,Full many as Evil has names.Vengeance and Madness, inseparable twins,Born together and worshipped as one;Nor can the Gods tell one from his brother.In their castle beyond nightGather the Gods in DarknessAnd darkness weaves with many shades.”

“Men told that Kane was a giant in stature, more powerful than ten strong men. In battle no man could stand before him, for he fought with a sword in either hand - wielding easily weapons that another warrior could scarcely lift. His hair was red as blood, and he feasted on the still-beating hearts of his enemies. His eyes were the eyes of Death himself, and they cast a blue flame that could shrivel the souls of his victims. His only delight was in rapine and slaughter, and after each victory his banquet halls echoed with the tortured screams of captive maidens.”

“We cannot escape from our daily routine, because it will go with us wherever we go.... God must be sought and found in the things of our world. By regarding our daily duties as something performed for the honour and glory of God, we can convert what was hitherto soul-killing monotony, to a living worship of God in all our actions. Everyday life must become itself our prayer.”