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WAYNEWIGHTMANandRICHARDPAULRUSSO

THEIDIOTSDREAM

RichardPaulRussoistheauthorofInnerEclipse,SubterraneanGallery,

CarluccisEdge,andhisnewnovel,CarluccisHeart,hasjustbeenpublished.

WayneWightmansmostrecentbookisacollection,GanglionOtherStories.

Neitherhavedonemuchcollaborativewritingbefore,buttheyfoundthatthis

surrealandcerebraltalewentsurprisinglysmoothly.Theirkeytosuccess,

quipsMr.Wightman,isthatRichardissincere,andIdontcare.

Atleast,wethinkhewasjoking.

Tarrantfoundtheblindmaninthebackofthecave.Sittingagainsttherear

sandstonewall,themanwasnaked,hismilkywhiteeyesopenandunblinking.His

thick-lippedmouthhungopen,anddirt-streakedsalivatrailedfromhischinto

hissoftthighs.AtfirstTarrantthoughtthemanmightbedead,butthenhesaw

theslow,deepintakeofbreath--chestfilling,nostrilsquavering--thena

fewmomentslateralong,slowexhalation.

Itwasnearlyafullminutebeforehetookanotherbreath.

Tarrantcrouchedinfrontoftheblindman,gazingathim.Thecavewassmall,

inthelowerfoothillsjustoutsideLosos;thoughTarranthadoftenhiked

throughthearea,hehadneverseenthecavebefore.Todayhehadtakenalong

lunch-breakfromthelab,haddriventothebaseofthehillsasheoftendid,

andhadsetoffononeofhisregulartreksthroughthetrees.Ahalfhourinto

hishikehehadcomeacrossthecaveentrance,justtothesideofalarge

boulder,wherehewascertainthatbeforetherehadbeenonlydirtandbrush.

Therainstormthedaybefore,Tarrantdecided,musthaveopenedthecave.

Ashecrouchedinfrontofthemotionsfigure,Tarrantwonderedhowlongthe

blindmanhadbeensittinginthisce.Thegroundunderthesoftfhwas

packedhardand