The Empty World is a 200K word darkly whimsical Fantasy novel, in the supernatural-protagonist tradition of The Sandman or The Vampire Chronicles, about a young daimon who watches over a muse after 'saving' her with a bottle of vampire blood and how...
"So, I offer a chance for a partnership." Jibril gestured to the waiting room displayed in his scrying pool. "Gabriel believes this group may suit you."
Morpheus looked into the eyes of one soul and then another. "They share a cause of death."
"Yes."
"How would we do it?"
"For our purposes, the soul may not have a body like they had in the Empty World."
"Like with Penelope or Dodgson."
Jibril gave a nod.
Morpheus looked into the waiting room. How would he choose? Should he sense something? "Do they also have a choice?"
"This is their choice, but their reasons and terms are their own, between the soul and Gabriel."
Morpheus sensed no portent, so finally he pointed to the soul that seemed the most handsome to him.
"Choose his form. He could be a raven if you like; I wouldn't mind."
Morpheus shook his head. A raven didn't seem very him, neither did a cat or a spider for that matter. His brother Icelos had a snake, but Morpheus felt uncomfortable around them.
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"A lizard." Morpheus extended his hand over the pool and concentrated on forming a small body out of the substance of his outermost layer of flesh. The exostructure of his hand shifted as he spoke the words to aid his focus: "A cute, small, green lizard; he fits in my hand."
"Now call his soul," Jibril whispered.
Morpheus looked past the watery image into the soul's eyes. They had a kind of communion in that moment and Morpheus called for the soul to enter the body he'd made.
The lizard's scales moved with a first breath. He turned about; his small feet with long toes and claws clung to the sleeve Morpheus had formed. A long, thin tongue flicked from his mouth. He looked at Morpheus with dark green eyes. He was not like any particular lizard species, but he was everything Morpheus imagined a lizard to be.
"Hi. I'm Morpheus."
"River."
"We're to be partners of a sort."
"Someone explained the deal to me," River said.
Morpheus looked up to Jibril.
"I will leave you to become acquainted. Gabriel will have given River a dose of Lethe water, so details of his past life will be fuzzy, but he knows who he is as a person."
"So, now we just...?"
"Figure it out." Jibril began to walk away. "River has none of your native information about the Night Regions."
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