The Going Price For Adoration

October, 1963

Poised between devouring love and destroying hate, the screaming crowd burst through civilization's thin veneer"Gordon Rengs!" Shelley Makravetes chirped at me over the phone. "Give a listen to this, Gordon Rengs! About that Roar of Charlemagne script you did for me two years ago? We're finally going with it, boy! With Anson Luddy in the lead, no less! We're shooting exteriors at the Pacoima ranch, and Luddy'd like you standing by, for say two months, at your usual absurd price, o...

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