Writing For Myself: Rumors, Vol. 5

[mancalledtrue]

Met one of my contacts at the Mall of America.  He had a file full of rumors on him.  Here's the ones I thought looked real.

There's an arms dealer with the Truth-Trader's Marks tattooed on the back of his left hand.  He has weapons loaded with secret ammunition, the sort that hurts creatures not of this world.  To see it, you have to know who to talk to.  He was last seen in Toronto.

Hate is stronger than love.  If you love no one, psychics cannot read your mind.  It registers as a null point to them.

Never play poker with tarot cards.  If you get a royal flush, every daemon within ten miles will know your True Name.

Urine, marked in the shape of the Cupola on the back of a door and then coated with shaved steel, will block the sight of ghosts.

Snakes shed their skin in order to grow.  Making a potion of snakeskin and drinking it will stop your aging.

Children's belief is meaningless, because children do not know how to focus their wills enough.  Infants, however, instinctively believe anything you whisper into their ears for one hour, and do so with their whole hearts.

A piece of shrapnel, made into a knife, is the best weapon against a crow's spirit you can have.  This is because crows are vulnerable to anything that kills by coincidence.