The Chapel Perilous

  <Did you get to try any of the food in Dagda’s cauldron on the way back to the Silver Stallion?>

  Of course I did.

  <Well, was it tasty?>

  Meat and potatoes in the most delicious gravy I’ve ever had, Oberon. I still dream about it.

  <Oh, that’s even better than the proverbial pig in the ground! I’m going to go to sleep now and see if I can dream about it too.>

  Good night, Oberon.

  <Good night.>

  “That story actually made me a bit hungry,” Granuaile said. “Anybody up for a snack?”

  Oberon leapt to his feet, tail wagging. <I meant to say good night after the snack,> he explained.

  I smiled at him. Understood.

  About The Author

  Kevin Hearne has been known to frolic unreservedly with dogs. He is probably frolicking right now and posing to his dog such timeless rhetorical classics as “Who’s a good boy?” and “Who wants a snack?” He hugs trees, rocks out to old-school heavy metal, and still reads comic books. He lives with his wife and daughter in a wee, snug cottage.