Fallen from Heaven

On today’s stories:

Recall, gentle readers, the reference to Lucifer in last midnight’s story, “The Devil and Wallace Stevens,” and the reference in yesterday’s story, “Notes,” to the film “2010” (1984).  Here is a quote from a review of the story behind that film:

“If the coming of Lucifer in this story doesn’t set your pulse racing and your mind whirring, then I don’t know what will.”

For some of us — students of Stephen King and Malcolm Lowry — the coming of Lucifer is not such a surprising event.  See

Shining Forth.