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James Blish, "Black Easter" wrote:
The palazzo
shuddered again. Then, from the middle of the triangle to the northwest, a
slow cloud of yellow fumes went up toward the ceiling, making them all
cough, even Ware. As it spread and thinned, Baines could see a shape
forming under it; but he found it impossible to believe. It was -- it was
something like a she-wolf, gray and immense, with green and glistening
eyes. A wave of coldness was coming from it.
The cloud continued to dissipate. The she-wolf glared at them, slowly
spreading her griffin's wings. Her serpent's tail lashed gently, scalily.
In the northern pentacle, the great Abyssinian cat sat up and stared back.
The demon-wolf showed her teeth and emitted a disgusting belch of fire.
The cat settled its front feet indifferently.
"Stand, by the Seal" Ware said. "Stand and transform, else I shall plunge
thee back whence thou camest. I command thee."
The she-wolf vanished, leaving behind in the triangle a plump,
modest-looking young man wearing a decorous neck tie, a dildo almost as
long and nothing else. "Sorry, boss," he said in a sugary voice. "I had to
try, you know. What's up?"
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