Final line sealed my upvote. Good show.
Why would the Foundation transcribe the second person's name in Cyrillic? Ольга doesn't actually sound much different from Olga, so the translation footnote was pretty unnecessary.
Because her name isn't "Olga". It's "Ольга". And most readers of the wiki have no idea how to pronounce that. :-P
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Like with a good magician, I am left wanting more.
Who are these monster horses? Why and how are they kidnapping random people? Why do they seem to think this is part of some ritual relationship? Why in the world did they leave us a way to ring-up the "prey"?
Provoking curiosity would be enough to up-vote, but the escalation of twists was also spot-on and I didn't see a single one coming. +2
It's an interesting concept and written well, but the end didn't really do it for me. No vote.
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I love this. Also, all I can see when I look at Call 37 is an unearthly voice shouting, "You fool, Warren is DEAD!" This is a very good thing.
Also, bonus points for sneaking in Nahuatl. Though shouldn't that help the Foundation narrow down at least somewhat where these poor saps are ending up?
Edit: Link included here, for those who don't recognize my particular reference there.