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Coves End In truth, the country side that Cove's End had to offer was in no way any more spectacular than the costal vistas which lay either side of the secluded inlet, but to me the sign which proclaimed, in bold, red letters 'Private Property. Keep Out.' made it infinitely more so. A crude wooden fence marked the boundary of its extent and beyond lay what looked to be a stretch of wind beaten scrub that lead down to the edge of the eroded cliff side. Over this feeble barrier I flung my rucksack and with one foot on the lower rung of the mossy timber I vaulted to the other side. The earth felt loose underfoot and in that instance that conn

The Gate of the Serpent Through the fathomless depths of Neptune's realm, I descended to where the Corolytes and Amphozylots lurked. If only their sightless eyes could behold the wonders I found down there, I would imagine them to be the most blessed of all God's creations. I myself suffered no such disability and in a blaze of phosphorescent glory, saw what no man had seen before. There, at the very heart of the Kemmler-Holstein Trench lay the Serpent Gate as the book had described. Its alien gold surface, weed choked and rock strewn, shimmered with an otherworldly glow that pulsed in time with the ocean current. It's oddly etched surface