“Look Up, Not Down!”

Posted on January 1, 2023 by JE

Κύκλοψ: βλέπετ᾽ ἄνω καὶ μὴ κάτω.

Χορός: ἰδού: πρὸς αὐτὸν τὸν Δί᾽ ἀνακεκύφαμεν
τά τ᾽ ἄστρα, καὶ τὸν Ὠρίωνα δέρκομαι.

—Euripides, Cyclops

Cyclops: Look up, not down.

Chorus: I am looking up! I’m looking ‘way up!

In the foreground: aging industrial buildings. Towering over them in the background: a gigantic man with one eye.
Cyclops by Paul Reid, a.k.a. @Minotaur_Man on Twitter

About JE

James Enge is the author of the World-Fantasy-Award-nominated novel Blood of Ambrose (Pyr, April 2009). His latest book is The Wide World's End. His short fiction has appeared in Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and elsewhere.
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