Sir Percival spurred the borrowed police horse as far as the corner of York Avenue and 67th, where he swung his armored bulk down from the saddle to land on the sidewalk with a clangor that stopped the startled street vendors in their tracks. Grail in hand, he ran in past the security guards at Sloan-Kettering Memorial Cancer Center, who called after him, “What room number are you visiting, sir?”

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Sarah Avery releases this story under Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license. Feel free to download it (Download the zip file. Right click and select “save link as” or similar, depending on your browser.) and give it away, as long as you keep her name on it. If you like the story, she asks that you consider giving to the scholarship started by the man who inspired the story. Grail Bearer will also soon be available as a free downloadable ebook at Drollerie Press, released under the same license.