Thirteen-year-old Danny Levan is a bullied, half-Jewish boy in 1938 Surrey when he discovers strangely colored bits of plaster that can reform into what can only be described as his own protective time-traveling golem.
A pack of chips was constantly pursuing and reuniting with the giant, but moonlight glinted off of one largish piece that seemed in danger of being left behind, lodged in a groove between cobblestones.

“Wait,” Danny called out soFTLy and although the creature was obviously too far off to hear, and lacked ears besides, it immediately paused long enough for the chip to free itself and join the others.

Variants

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  1. “Written in Plaster” by Rajnar Vajra, in Analog, January/February 2006.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Rajnar Vajra