If you missed parts 1 or 2 of The Affinity, here are the links: http://www.abctales.com/story/ian-hobson/affinity http://www.abctales.com/story/ian-hobson/affinity-ii
There was something about the old man's voice; it was as though I knew it. I was trying to remember. But everything was still black. I had no sense of self. I was surely dead.
The doorknocker was, of course, a magic one, and it had become very good at predicting exactly when someone would arrive… A sample story from Astrantian tales.