Thus fought the heroes, tranquil their admirable hearts, violent their swords, resigned to kill and to die.

In the work of Ts'ui Pen, all possible outcomes occur; each one is the point of departure for other forkings. Sometimes, the paths of this labyrinth converge: …

In a riddle whose answer is chess, what is the only prohibited word?

I leave to the various futures (not to all) my garden of forking paths.

Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?

In wartime a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at least it's a hero who is running away.

Circa hoc tempus Siwardus consul fortissimus Nordhymbre, pene gigas statura, manu uero et mente predura, misit filium suum in Scotiam conquirendam. Quem cum be…