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  • Life of a Librarian: Chapter 7

    Sylwyn led me out of the massive reference library and down a different corridor than the one I had used to access the reference library.  “I think as long as you’re with me, most people will leave you alone.  We still need to conduct a couple more tests to really see just how much you…

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  • The Fire in My Blood: Chapter 4

    “Requies?” I called as I walked into the main office. Browns and creams overwhelmed my vision. The heavy smell of lemon oil and dust was a strange nostalgia that nagged at the back of my head. Papers were neatly ordered in piles on every flat surface available. A thud and something hitting the floor in…

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  • Gallery Post: Stedelijk 2025

    Gallery Post: Stedelijk 2025

    The Erwin Olaf Freedom exhibit at Stedelijk in 2025 reminded me of why I love photography, even if I don’t know what to do with it.

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  • Firefly Fish: Chapter 9

    Firefly Fish: Chapter 9

    Jarl wasn’t joking about the don’t drown bit. At the front steps of the boarding house, a floor down, I encountered a world turned on its head. The water level lapped three steps up. Murk and gunk drifted in the high water.

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  • Firefly Fish: Chapter 8

    Firefly Fish: Chapter 8

    Late into the night, or maybe early into the morning, I put away my guitar and set my mandolin back in its cradle. The winds continued to slam the boarding house, but I could not keep my eyes open any longer. My shoulders were feeling better, for one having been bit a few hours before…

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  • Life of a Librarian: Ch 6

    Life of a Librarian: Ch 6

    I found myself in a small four-foot by four-foot by six-foot box of a room when I finally woke up.  I guess they figured that by confining me to a small enough area that I wouldn’t be stupid enough to invoke anything that would take up too much space.

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  • Life of a Librarian: Ch 5

    Life of a Librarian: Ch 5

    I waited for Claude at the base of the stairs.  I didn’t know if I was slotted for more quizzes, or if I could go, but I knew that I wasn’t going to wait very long to find out.  I may not have memorized a lot of books, but I could at least remember enough…

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  • The Feather on My Scale: Chapter 2

    “Think he would fit in?” I tugged off a stack of gold rings upon entering one of my office chambers. “One way to find out.” Ptolemy grabbed the wab by the collar, pushing him against the wall.

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  • The Fire in My Blood: Chapter 3

    We left the building late into the afternoon.  Maria Mater sighed heavily with disgust.  “I hate dealing with the heads,” she grumbled as she led Cortex and me to a shaded spot in the courtyard garden.

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  • Life of a Librarian: Chapter 4

    Well, I guess I wasn’t going to go take a quiz immediately.  Mindy proved to be just another trial, another test.  The guards led me to a small dorm room. Grey jail cell was more like it.  There was a top level bunk bed with a desk and chair underneath it.  Behind a curtain sat…

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