Episode 38: The Writing of the God by Jorge Luis Borges

The Oddcast: Tales of the Occult, Weird, and Arcane by Jon Fredette

May 13, 202100:16:41Arts

Original Spanish title: "La escritura del dios"First published in the literary magazine Sur in 1949, and later reprinted in The Aleph. An incarcerated magician seeks a divine script that will allow him the omnipotence to...

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