The Gavel

The Gavel · a cover motif reimagined as an object to examine up close.

On the cover of The Other Witness, the motif is identified as “The Gavel.” The witness is sincere, but the crime he describes happened in another world.

The motif, its illustration, and its appearances can be compared. A resemblance proves neither that the same object has traveled nor that two stories share a continuity.