The Ten-Foot Chain

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Макс Брэнд. The Ten-Foot Chain

The Ten-Foot Chain

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INTRODUCTION

FIRST TALE — AN INDIAN JATAKA

BY ACHMED ABDULLAH

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SECOND TALE — OUT OF THE DARK

BY MAX BRAND

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THIRD TALE — PLUMB NAUSEATED

BY E. K. MEANS. I

II

III

IV

V

FOURTH TALE — PRINCESS OR PERCHERON

BY PERLEY POORE SHEEHAN. I

II

III

IV

V

VI

THE END

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Max Brand, Achmed Abdullah, E.K. Means, P.P. Sheehan

Published by Good Press, 2022

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The road of desire runs beneath the feet all day and all night, says the tale. There is no beginning to this road, nor end. Out of the nowhere it comes, vanishing, yet never vanishing in the nowhere; renewing each morning, after nights of love, the eternal miracle, the never-ending virginity of passion.

You cannot end the endless chain of it, says the tale. You cannot hush the murmur of the sea which fills the air, rising to the white, beckoning finger of Chandra, the Moon.

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