These 5 short fictions derive directly from the non-ficiton Nepsis Narrative chapters of the same names- See CYCLE I: LETTER TO A BISHOP. These 5 ‘studies’ begin the development of characters and dramatic scenarios for all the Nepsis long fiction, concluding with INDIAN WITCHES and the anti-novel FOUNDATION ORACLE, (aka, Xibalba Bible, or The Nepsis Foundation and the Oracle of Xibalba).