“**CREATION MYTH NEEDS A DEVIL,**” Part Five
In this wondrous mess of a wrap to the first story arc, the Shah of Persia goes mad. Whatever it is that frightful freaks have, Zahhak offers more. Hafez insists that the undead Arab master is dragging him into an altered dimension, channeling him through time’s cylinder. Will Hafez’s ardor and alarm for that possibility afford Zahhak his hoped-for return?