Battle Out Of Time
By Dwight V. Swain
Burke knew of the ancient Bronze Age and
its legend of the dread Minotaur. But he didn't
know he was about to become a vital part of it!
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy
August 1957
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
An utter dark lay upon the hills outside the palace now, moonless and with clouds drawn heavy all across the Cretan sky.
Wind, too, had come with the night, rising till Burke found himself fearing for the shutters. The lamps flared on their stands with each new gust and draft. Light flickered orange and yellow on Ariadne's lovely face, eddying through the shadows so that the tentacles of the frescoed octopi on the walls seemed to writhe and twist and turn....