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The Fourth Circle

T HE

F OURTH

C IRCLE

ZORAN ŽIVKOVIC

T HE M INISTRY OF W HIMSY P RESS T AL-

LAHASSEE , F LORIDA 2.004

Zoran Zivkovic

MINISTRY

WHIMSY

PRESS

www.ministryofwhimsy.com

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ABOUT THE MINISTRY OF WHIMSY

Founded in 1984 by Jeff VanderMeer, the Ministry of Whimsy takes its name from the

ironic double-speak of Orwell's novel. The Ministry is committed to promoting high qual-

ity fantastical, surreal, and experimental literature. In 1997, the Ministry published the

Philip K. Dick Award-winning The Troika. In more recent years, its flagship anthology

series, Leviathan, has won the World Fantasy Award, and been a finalist for the Philip K.

Dick Award, and the British Fantasy Award.

Trade Hardcover ISBN: 1-892389-65-7 Li-

mited

Edition

ISBN:

1-892389-66-5

The Fourth Circle

Contents

P ROLOGUE 5

CIRCLE THE FIRST

1. T EMPLE AND T IME 9

2. T HE H AUNTED C EILING 12

3. S UNFLOWERS AND D ECIMALS 16

4. T URTLES AND R AMA 20

5. A P ACT WITH H ELL 23

6. T HE G REAT J OURNEY 25

7. T HE S UN IN THE H OUSE 30

8. T HE F INGER OF G OD 33

9. D ESCENDANT OF THE R ING 37

10. C OMPUTER D REAMS 41

11. T HE R ADIANCE OF D EATH 45

12. S TAR S ONG 49

CIRCLE THE SECOND

1. T HE G AME OF A SSOCIATIONS 55

2. H EAVENLY A SCENSION 62

3. N OLI T ANGERE . .. 66

4. U NWANTED P REGNANCY 71

5. N UDITY D IVINE 75

6 . T HE P URCHASE OF A S OUL 79

7. N IGHTMARE 84

8. D ELIGHT E NTRANCING 89

9. B REAKING ON THE W HEEL 93

10. B IRTH 98

11. A D REAM A STONISHING 103

12. C ASABLANCA 106

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CIRCLE THE THIRD

121

1. A G UEST IN THE T EMPLE

127

2. I NTO THE K INGDOM OF THE U NDERWORLD

131

3. S HERLOCK H OLMES ' S L AST C ASE ( I ): T HE L ETTER

137

4. C HEESE AND A T OGA

142

5. E XECUTIONER

146

6. S HERLOCK H OLMES ' S L AST C ASE (2): G HOST

152

7. M ATTRESS AND F EAR

156

8. B LACK C RUCIFIXION

163

9. S HERLOCK H OLMES ' S L AST C ASE (3): M ORPHINE

169

10. G AMBLER AND R AKE

176

11. T HE F RUIT OF S IN

180

12. S HERLOCK H OLMES ' S L AST C ASE (4): F LAMES

188 E PILOGUE

CIRCLE THE FOURTH

192

1. V ISITOR

197

2. T HE B OOK

294

3. V ANISHED

211

4. T HE L AST C HAPTER

216

5. L IGHT

235 A FTERWORD

The Fourth Circle

Despite some superficial resemblances, the universe of the Circles is not the universe we

know. By analogy, none of its inhabitants should ever be confused with those of our

own, even when they happen to bear names we may find familiar. In particular, those

known to their contemporaries as Archimedes of Syracuse, Ludolf van Ceulen, Sir Ar-

thur Conan Doyle, Nikola Tesla, and Stephen Hawking are in no way to be confused

with such of their analogues as may be known to us, for they are different in motivation

and cast of mind: analogues, not avatars.

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