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Banshee, whole no. 7, March 1945
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"But we must go further. There is one honor we have failed to bestow upon him. That we must remedy or we shall remain disgraced before future generations of our civilized people." Heads nodded slowly, solemnly, with a touch of overwhelming reverence. "We must take him to our very own. We must make him part and parcel of us. We must join him with our people and forever with those to come, to below in body to all future generations, so that no man in ages to come may say he is without him." Again the conclave nodded. "We are agreed upon his final honor, then. I regret that we can do no more. But our world and culture, alas, has its limits. And this then is the noblest gift we can make to him. Go then," the speaker motioned to two of the noblest and greatest. "Go then and escort him hither." So they went, and they conveyed the visitor from Earth to the conclave. And there, with the finest ceremony they were capable of, and with genuine feeling and emotion, they joined him to the body of the people of Osiris for all time. And after they had finished eating him, the whole nation joined in prayer and thanksgiving. ##### STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL by Satyrious Note: Any resemblance between editor Garrideb and any actual person, living or undead, is sheerly coincidental. Cast: Homunculus Garrideb, editor of Ghastly Fantatales Bluto, his secretary Scene: Main office of Ghastly Fantatales. Discovered: Bluto sitting amidst a pile of mss. Enter Garrideb. G: Morning, Bluto. Anything up?: B: Just a few rejections. G: What bout those? p11
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"But we must go further. There is one honor we have failed to bestow upon him. That we must remedy or we shall remain disgraced before future generations of our civilized people." Heads nodded slowly, solemnly, with a touch of overwhelming reverence. "We must take him to our very own. We must make him part and parcel of us. We must join him with our people and forever with those to come, to below in body to all future generations, so that no man in ages to come may say he is without him." Again the conclave nodded. "We are agreed upon his final honor, then. I regret that we can do no more. But our world and culture, alas, has its limits. And this then is the noblest gift we can make to him. Go then," the speaker motioned to two of the noblest and greatest. "Go then and escort him hither." So they went, and they conveyed the visitor from Earth to the conclave. And there, with the finest ceremony they were capable of, and with genuine feeling and emotion, they joined him to the body of the people of Osiris for all time. And after they had finished eating him, the whole nation joined in prayer and thanksgiving. ##### STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL by Satyrious Note: Any resemblance between editor Garrideb and any actual person, living or undead, is sheerly coincidental. Cast: Homunculus Garrideb, editor of Ghastly Fantatales Bluto, his secretary Scene: Main office of Ghastly Fantatales. Discovered: Bluto sitting amidst a pile of mss. Enter Garrideb. G: Morning, Bluto. Anything up?: B: Just a few rejections. G: What bout those? p11
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