The prospect of being ruled by their chattering brown compatriots, however, so appalled the politicians of West Karnistan—and in particular the mercurial Zaleel Shah Jhoota, a procacious autocrat who had managed to convince a majority of West Karnistani voters that he was really a precocious socialist—that they persuaded Jarasandha Khan to declare the election results null and void, declare martial law in the East and lock up all the Gelabin politicians the Karnistani Army could lay their hands and batons on.

In a light white dress that I think was waffled cotton, or possibly a very light pastel blue. The color occurs to me when I look at the photo, unembodied, floating alongside of it. It's in black and white. Probably snapped before color […]

... God gave the Kingdom unto David for ever, or by a Covenant of Salt.

Both the religiously dis-identified (nones) and the religiously committed report mystical experiences.