TenDay\'sWonder

Ten Day’s Wonder Ellery Queen PART ONE NINE DAYS’ WONDER THIS WONDER (AS WONDERS LAST) LASTED NINE DAIES. ¯HEYWOOD, PROVERBES THE FIRST DAY IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS WITHOUT FORM, A DARKNESS THAT KEPT SHIFTING LIKE DANCERS. THERE WAS MUSIC BEYOND, TINY, CHEERFUL, BAFFLING, AND THEN IT WOULD BE VAST, RUSHING ON YOU AND, AS IT RUSHED, LOSING ITS MUSIC IN SOUNDS SO BIG YOU FLOWED THROUGH THE SPACES LIKE A GNAT IN AN AIR STREAM, AND THEN IT WAS PAST AND DWINDLING AND TINY MUSIC AGAIN AND THERE WAS THE DARKNESS SHIFTING AGAIN. EVERYTHING SWAYED. HE FELT SEASICK. THAT MIGHT BE A SEA SKY UP THERE OVER THE ATLANTIC NIGHT WITH A SHADOW LIKE A WASH CLOUD AND TREMBLY PLACES WHERE STARS WERE. AND THE MUSIC COULD BE SINGING IN THE FO’C’SLE OR THE SHIFT OF BLACK WATER. HE KNEW IT WAS REAL, BECAUSE WHEN HE CLOSED HIS EYES THE CLOUD AND THE STARS BLINKED OUT, ALTHOUGH THE SWAY REMAINED AND SO DID THE MUSIC. THERE WAS ALSO THE SMELL OF FISH AND SOMETHING WITH A COMPLICATED TASTE, LIKE SOUR HONEY. IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS A PROBLEM AND HAVING SIGHTS AND SOUNDS AND SMELLS AND TASTES TO WORRY OVER GAVE HIM A FEELING OF NEW IM......