The Archfornicator of Canterbury

9 On the road somewhere in rural Bulimia

The sun had been up for a couple of hours. Every now and then, a lonely mockingbird called out for its mate. Occasionally a lizard would peek from behind a rock and disappear just as suddenly when it noticed the figure dressed in black that was approaching.

Jack Back walked with a brisk tempo in the scorching heat. He seemed oblivious to the world around him, and the world paid him the same courtesy. In the distance, he could just barely make out the spire of the Cathedral of Nuevo Saunabad, which confirmed that he was heading in the right direction.

The Archfornicator of Canterbury by Olli-Pekka Rinta-Koski
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