The Other

May, 1977

The OtherIt was in Cambridge, back in February 1969, that the event took place. I made no attempt to record it at the time, because, fearing for my mind, my initial aim was to forget it. Now, some years later, I feel that if I commit it to paper' others will read it as a story and, I hope, one day it will become a story for me as well. I know it was horrifying while it lasted--and even more so during the sleepless nights that followed--but this does not mean that an account of it will necessaril...