Skies Of The East [Full Short Story]

*The Shemite Cycle*
*The Cities* - Book One - Eruk
*Written* By Spirit

Set In *The Hyborian Age*
Created By *Robert E. Howard*

*Skies Of The East*

*"Introduction - The Old Whore"*
_"You can take it from the likes of me, a former denizen of this *"Great Hub of Trade and Culture"* that the the reputation of **The Old Whore** is greatly exaggerated, near to the point of parody, but what does one expect from touring guides and the ever incomplete *gazetteer*?

But for those of you travelers wondering why gets called **The Old Whore**? It's quite simple: She's a bit run down, the way people speak of her is around 20 to, oh maybe 40 years past the grandeur one expects and that old front gate, so well worn, is indeed open to anyone willing to pay a reasonable fee to join the ever decreasing exclusiveness of such a Fine Gentlemen's Club to have entered.

Jest Know, that She likes to wrap those legs around you and get her claws in you so as to "*hold on to the likes of you for a while*" while checking to make sure you still have money in you moth-eaten pockets for later. She'll get it from you, it's more a question of *When* than *If*. The Details will *come* as they do with these tails and be *filled in* later.

You can that last one for free which is more than anyone can say for **The Old Whore**. Better known to outsiders and those insufferable romantics of the world as **The Great City of Eruk**.

But, don't you worry, dear traveler. with an old local rogue such as I, as your guide,. everything is gonna be fine. just stay close, and heed my advice."_

""Developed by professional artists with creative, quality and editorial control over AI. Enjoy!"*