02 November 2000
Venue: Simon and Pil’s (Paddington)
Everyone is encouraged to write a short story (of any length, but under 5000 words) containing the following phrase and word:
‘level with spectator’s eyes’, ‘pygarg’
Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913
Pygarg (Py"garg ||Py*gar"gus) [L. pygargus, Gr. literally, white rump; the rump + white: cf. F. pygargue.]
1. (Zoöl.) A quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope having a white rump. Deut. xiv. 5.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The female of the hen harrier. (b) The sea eagle.
Deuteronomy 14
1. Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
2. For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
3. Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
4. These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5. The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
6. And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
Easton's Bible Dictionary:
Pygarg Heb. dishon, "springing", (Deut. 14:5), one of the animals permitted for food. It is supposed to be the Antelope addax. It is described as "a large animal, over 3 1/2 feet high at the shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, 2 1/2 feet long. Its colour is pure white, with the exception of a short black mane, and a tinge of tawny on the shoulders and back.", Tristram's Natural History.
Dreamer
by William Bowden
Story descriptive line here.
Lincolnshire
by Angela Brady
Story descriptive line here.
Kissing Dinosaurs
by Karen Goldrick
Story descriptive line here.
Pygargs
by Pil Lee
Story descriptive line here.
It’s a Living
by Peter Miller
A story about intergalactic data theft and the eminently desirable pirate vessel The Pygarg.
Slush and Mud
by Hugh Todd
Story descriptive line here.