Two short stories associated with The Library Trilogy.
These are tangential and don't have to be fitted into the main narrative. You can read them at any time.
Returns (~8,000 words) - explores the journey of a book through many hands.
Characters...
The Sign of the Cross… In the darkest parts of Russia.
Boris is following the trail to locate the last of the NVG’s secret bases. As they look, they run across an old legend, one which speaks to the Archangel Michael defeating a beast…
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The Truth is a weak thing. It has no power. The only power the Truth holds is the power we grant it.
The might of nations rises and falls with the same, inexorable certainty of the oceans. Powers, unseen and unknown, push and pull, with relentless...
Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she’s been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she’s received. Only...