by Morgan R Townsend
The first in a series of short stories about the bandit known as Ello the Weasel. it is set in the world of Hermetic Empire. in this short story, Ello travels through the waste and retrieves a key to a pocket dimension. Hot on his tail, Vigil Grondel is after Ello. After Ello retrieves the key, the two of them have a showdown in a narrow canyon. After Ello tries to steal the incapacitated Vigil's vehicle. But the Vigil isn't incapacitated at all.
