This is the first installment of a longer tale called The Sumerian Device, a story that bridges the gap between the normal and the paranormal without relying on the supernatural. If you find this interesting, consider The Book of the Artifice and Design, which includes the second segment as well. So what is Anzillu? That is a question pondered at length in bars near docks all throughout the inhabited systems of the verse. The Demon of Deep Space,...