Since the Muslim lunar year contains only 354 days, the year 2005 is approximately equivalent to Hijra 1426.

Everyone listened, and everyone was listening still when It lumbered slobberingly into sight and gropingly squeezed Its gelatinous green immensity through the black doorway into the tainted outside air of that poison city of madness.

the continuation of a story

Once we had the photos, it was just a matter of counting all the maggotlike images of caribou on the white snow background.