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Into the Shadow Andrew fell. It was not the river of voices into which he tumbled, but a void. Cold and darkness surrounded him and clung to him like a spider’s web. He could sense the horrors around him as they pressed in from every side. He felt a claw rake against his side, and he winced in pain. Nightmare things were all around him; hovering as if to strike, but he moved through swiftly, falling through the void.
Suddenly something closed around his ankle. He would have cried out, but when he opened his mouth, no sound escaped. The darkness rushed in to fill his mouth, but he bit down on it and it died. He slammed his foot against the hand that held him, kicking at the creature that was trying to pull him toward it. He imagined a gaping maw opening to engulf him. He kick
