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Their fates were interleaved with those of the books, but the books were what was most important, the structure without which their lives would flutter into the flame. So they sacrificed a few of their number, or allowed them to be sent into danger, to protect the books. Most of the monks fled through the tunnels when they heard tales of the arm on the horizon. They took the books with them, as many as they could carry--and that was a great number, for there had been plans in place for such a thing for centuries, since one of the minor monasteries had lost its library during an earthquake, where the second shaking had opened the ground and swallowed the library. They'd salvaged--

Inspiration: [livejournal.com profile] alisgray writing "interleaved."
Story Potential: High
Notes: High potential for somebody else, or if there's a book-specific story contest/anth. I generally steer clear of stories about books, or writers, because I find self-referential writing boorish. So--books hidden, ferreted away, brought out when the heir of the conqueror needs them? Or is the hiding itself the story?
On the mountain, there was an old stone temple that had been abandoned for so long that the lichen crawling over its surface made it look as if it had just grown there. When the Truth Speakers came, they destroyed the churches and the cathedrals, the holy springs and the sacred wise-men, but they missed the old stone temple. At first, the people still scorned it, for they had not worshiped there for generations, not since their great-great-great-grandparents had moved down out of the hills, where they lived lives hardly above those of the animals that surrounded the town, and became civilized. A few holdouts still roamed the hills, but they daren't come into town. Being spat on was the least of what they should fear. They were hardly better than animals, and they were treated worse.

Inspiration: "Shake 'Em On Down" - R.L. Burnside, and a NYT.com slideshow of pictures from Bali.
Story Potential: High?
Notes: Returning to the old ways, dealing with those one has scorned. Could be interesting.

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