The Cult of Word Fasting (Short Story‪)‬

We imposed upon Dave to forego this issue's Kickshaws to run instead this fine short story. Reverend Linguistic Bob was the founder and minister of a religious cult that sought enlightenment through a technique called "Word Fasting." He looked like an old-fashioned fire-and-brimstone preacher--tall, slender frame, gaunt face, black hair slicked back--but he was as new-fangled as the twenty-first century. He wore a purple silk robe tattooed with golden thread forming mystical symbols