THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

Kings, queens, princesses, swords, bows, arrows, staves, horses, doublets, tridents, daggers, stilettos, axes, clubs, Mace, Lances, partisans, ships, pike, slings, spears, assassins, magicians, thieves, rogues, clerics, soldiers, knights, bishops, pawns, crowns, flags, banners, trolls, ogres, fools, dwarves, bards, brownies, harps, lutes, gowns, wizards, fairies, deer, legends, hunters, rangers, wolves, poisons, pixies, muses, Sprites, elves, hags, witches, imps, wanderers, nomads, devils, farriers, fletchers, cobblers, jesters, spirits, haunts, inns, barkeeps, sailors, mutton, vampires, harpies, hounds, satyrs, sphinxes, sirens, gargoyles, incubuses, serpents, chimeras, golems, ghouls, skeletons, tombs, Cyclops, heroes, villains, Drakes, gorgons, nymphs, virgins, ballads, dungeons, whips, gremlins, angels, myths, behemoths, monsters, Griffins, man-eaters, hellhounds, outlaws, Raiders, mummies, doppelgangers, zombies, travelers, Poltergeist, Leprechaun, fantasies, aliens, lasers, cowboys, Indians, robots, explorers, spacecraft, gamma rays, chivalry, ghoulishness, gigantism, caves, mincemeat, Joust, Fireballs, acrobats, portals, maps, adventurers, role-playing, characters, modules, manuals, dice. A knife In the back and a death by fire.

Seth Abramson, ‘Things in Los Angeles Tonight’ in Abramson/Metamericana