Roger Zelazny - Coming To A Cord

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Roger Zelazny. Coming to a Cord

Preface from _Pirate Writings_: This story takes up the second Amber

series where "The Shroudling and the Guisel" (which appeared in the

first issue of _Realms of Fantasy_) left off. It shows the continuing

tale of Merlin's strangling cord, Frakir, while telling more about the

leftover guisel and the sorcerer responsible for the affair behind the

mirror. Flora and the visiting Luke are drawn into the action.

I have been using an occasional short story of late to tie up loose

ends I'd left hanging in previous Amber books and stories, as well as to

continue the overall narrative. The first of these stories was "The

Salesman's Tale," featuring Luke and Vialle, which appeared in the

February 1994 (#6) issue of _Amberzine_, and the second was "Blue Horse,

Dancing Mountains," which will appear this Summer in the AvoNova

collection of gambling stories, _Wheel of Fortune_, edited by myself.

"The Shroudling and the Guisel" was the third Amber story, and "coming

to a Cord" is the fourth.

So, if anyone has a burning Amber question, I suggest they send it

to me c/o AvoNova and I may be able to straighten the matter out in one

of these stories (I may not, also). And to all you Amber fans, thanks

for hanging around for so long.

-Roger Zelazny

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It is no fun being tied to a bedpost when you are feeling under the

weather. I phased back and forth between visibility and invisibility

uncontrollably. On the other wrist, I felt my ability to communicate

beginning to return. My increased sentience had remained with me ever

since my strange journey with Merlin in the place between shadows. But

there was a shock on my return to this reality. Slowly now, I was

recovering from it, though some of the symptoms were slower in going

than others. Consequently, it took me much longer than it normally

would have to unknot myself.

I am Frakir, strangling cord to Merlin--Lord of Amber and Prince of

Chaos. Normally, too, he would never have abandoned me like this, in

the blasted apartments of Brand, late Prince of Amber and would-be Lord

of the Universe. But he was under a mild spell Brand had actually left

about for his son Rinaldo. However, Merlin has such a strong affinity

with Rinaldo--also known as Luke--by virtue of their long association,

that the spell latched onto him. He must have shaken it by now, but

that still left me in an awkward position, with him doubtless back in

the Courts.

I did not feel like waiting around with all the rebuilding and

redecorating going on. They could decide to chuck the bed, with me

attached, and go for all new stuff.

I finished unknotting myself. At least Merlin had used no magic

when he'd tied me there. On the other hand, it was a tight knot, and I

squirmed for a long while to get myself unlooped. Finally, the thing

was loosened and I was able to undo it. Once I had freed myself from

its subtle geometries, I slithered down the bedpost to the ground. This

left me in a position to slip away, should a gang of furniture movers

suddenly appear. In fact, it suddenly seemed a good idea to get out of

the fast traffic lane now.

I moved away from the bed--out of Brand's room and into

Merlin's--wondering what had been the secret of that ring he'd found and

put on--the spikard thing.

That it was extremely powerful and drew its energies from many

sources was obvious to a being such as myself. That it seemed a thing

of the same order as the sword Werewindle was also readily apparent,

despite their varied forms to the eye of a human. Suddenly, it occurred

to me that Merlin might not notice this, and I began to think that it

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