Name: The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World

Author: Harlan Ellison
Year: 1968
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Science fiction, Award winners, Short Stories, Fantasy, Horror

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9781497642881
9780312940270
1497642884
0312940270
"It crouches near the center of creation. There is no night where it waits. Only the riddle of which terrible dream will set it loose. It beheaded mercy to take possession of that place. It feasts on darkness from the minds of men. No one has ever seen its eyeless face. When it sleeps we know a few moments of peace. But when it breathes again we go down in fire and mate with jackals. It knows our fear. It has our number. It waited for our coming and it will abide long after we have become congealed smoke. It has never heard music, and shows its fangs when we panic. It is the beast of our savage past, hungering today, and waiting patiently for the mortal meal of all our golden tomorrows. It lies waiting."
--Harlan Ellison
15 stories by Harlan Ellison
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