What books were they?
Hello, as a child I remember reading a couple of books that have stuck with me through the years, but alas I can't remember their names. It seems to me that they were both short stories (but not necessarily part of the same anthology).
The first one centered around an underground prison that was a large wheel, and the prisoners had to pull on chains to keep the wheel moving so that they could hope to one day emerge. One of the prisoners begins to communicate with those in adjacent cells via a small gap in the stone where it meets the wall.
The other story was about either a an alien or a deformed creature (part human perhaps?) that was kept chained away. He would lay on the floor, drooling a green liquid and listen to the people (above?) him and brood upon his condition (the author might have been Lovecraft, as the writing had his atmosphere).
I would love to re-read those stories if I could ever find them...(lesson here...never discard a book!)
Craig
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