The great Vincelleo enjoys being an artist because it gives him licence to rearrange the universe. On a world split between the Truncated and the Untruncated, the Dafesses await the return of the prophet X, who promised to come with a sword, and Farmer bends prophecy, religion and tradition into comic shapes. First printed in Fantastic Universe in July 1954.
An early, mischievous short piece from the writer of the Riverworld books. Download the free EPUB.