Very Old Bones

Very Old BonesIn early childhood Peter Phelan had heard the Malachi events spoken of in cryptic bits by his mother, later heard more from his brother Francis, who was seven when it happened, and in time heard it garbled by street-corner wags who repeated the mocking rhyme:If you happen to be a Neighbor,If you happen to be a witch,Stay the hell away from Malachi,That loony son of a bitch.When the story took him over, Peter moved out of portrait sketching into scenes of dynamic action and surreal...