Talismanic Shapes: Terror Stories from the Territories, volume 18

"In your hand lies the answer..."

No matter what place or time we have known in the world, we all know talismans are the deepest of magics, the most primitive, and deadliest. The ancients carved totems of wood and stone, and we use other material, but it's all the same thing. Talismans are power.

We lay awake at night, clutching our blankets, and those blankets we hope will be a talisman against the creatures of the night. It doesn't always work, but we do it anyway. Humans are created with a...