The Nekraverse

By A J Dalton

There is another place

Ushered in hushed tones

By visionaries and prophets

Also mystics and priests.

It is dangerous indeed

Just to hear of it

For it provokes fear forever

Or all-consuming desire.

Thoughts of it are infectious

As things seen cannot be unseen –

And naming it is unwise

Since the sound cannot be unheard.

You are thus its vehicle

That brings it closer here

So that it comes upon us

Despite our desperate dissent.

Please do not ask even

Innocently

I beg you spare us

From yourself,

Narzule.

A J Dalton (www.ajdalton.eu) is a UK-based writer. He’s published the Empire of the Saviours trilogy with Gollancz Orion, and various collections with Kristell Ink, Luna Press and Vraeyda Media. He’s currently just about making a living as a lecturer at Middlesex University. He lives with his monstrously oppressive cat named Cleopatra.