FICTION: We Have Always Battled Monsters in This Castle

Lightning drew a blue outline around the spires and towers of the castle on the mountaintop. Captain Rauch, high on his charger, pointed with his cavalry sword. ‘There, Doctor Kleist,’ he rumbled. ‘Do you see?’ Kleist lifted his skeletal features and peered from beneath his brimmed hat. His blue eyes gleamed. He waited a split [ ]