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Naming of Parts

About the Author




Naming of Partsis copyright ┬й 2000,Tim Lebbon , all rights reserved. No part of this book may be
reproduced in any form, by any means electronic or mechanical, without prior permission of the
publisher, with the exception of brief passages quoted in reviews.


ISBN: 1-931305-87-0



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тАЬA child grows up when he realises that he will die.тАЭ

тАФ proverb




That night, something tried to break into the house. Jack heard the noises as he lay awake staring at the
ceiling, attempting to see sense in the shadowy cracks that scarred the paintwork. The sounds were
insistent and intelligent, and before long they were fingering not only at window latches and handles, but
also at the doorways of his mind.

He liked listening to the night before he went to sleep, and out here in the country there was much to
hear. Sometimes he was afraid, but then he would name all the different parts that went to make up that
fear and it would go away.A sound I cannot identify. A shape I cannot see. Footsteps that may be
human, but which are most likely animal. ThereтАЩs nothing to be afraid of, there are no monsters.
Dad and Mum both say so; there are no such things as monsters.

So he would lie there and listen to the hoots and rustles and groans and cries, content in the knowledge
that there was nothing to fear. All the while the blankets would be his shield, the bedside light his
protector, and the gentle grumble of the television from downstairs his guarantee.

But that nightтАФthe night all guarantees were voidedтАФthere were few noises beyond his bedroom