- 5 days ago
- 1 min
Twenty-Eighth of January, 2023
My dear reader, The building that the Order used to store its soulgate in Boston was demolished in 1982. Since then, an office building...
- 5 days ago
- 14 min
Chapter 31......... Phantom Publishing
Faye woke up to a lurch. She shot upright, blinking her eyes open and fighting panic. The train lurched again as it slowly started...
- Jan 21
- 9 min
Chapter 30......... The Traitor
Silas sat down on the chair in the hall outside their rooms. The only light on their side of the hallway came from a single candle in a...
- Jan 14
- 1 min
Fourteenth of January, 2023
My dear reader, If you’ve never had pasta carbonara, I must politely insist you stop what you are doing right this moment and go make...
- Jan 14
- 8 min
Chapter 29......... Pasta Carbonara
Pasta had quite literally taken control of the dining room table. There were no less than five heaping bowls of it, steaming piles of...
- Jan 7
- 1 min
Seventh of January, 2023
My dear reader, Unlike the Dascyleum Text, the Registers don’t appear and disappear willy-nilly on the whims of fate. They’re purpose is...
- Jan 7
- 16 min
Chapter 28......... The Register
Faye craned her neck, looking up the expansive bookshelf with the variegated book colors, sizes, and gildings. There were enough books...
- Jan 2
- 15 min
Chapter 27......... A Bookbinder's Craft
Faye’s stomach growled at a mortifying volume and she turned pink, though there was no one around to hear her. There had been a boy on...
- Dec 24, 2022
- 13 min
Chapter 26......... Truth and Lies
Silas sat down on the edge of the sofa in front of the cold fire, rubbing his long fingers together. The parlor was too large to be...
- Dec 24, 2022
- 1 min
Twenty-fourth of December, 2022
My dear reader, The recipe for the apple cake which was referred to in the chapter has long since been lost, but according to my...
- Dec 17, 2022
- 9 min
Chapter 25......... Cold Dinner
“It could be worse,” said George, leaning against the frame of a doorway. The bedrooms Ebenezer had shown them to use during their stay...
- Dec 10, 2022
- 9 min
Chapter 24......... New Friends
“I’m getting damn tired of this,” George mumbled, darkly. The men in the library had erupted in a panic, shouting and yelling directions,...
- Dec 10, 2022
- 1 min
Tenth of December, 2022
My dear reader, There have been many major breakthroughs in the understanding of soulgates and duomium in recent years. Unfortunately, I...
- Dec 3, 2022
- 11 min
Chapter 23......... The Manor
Silas woke up on the floor feeling half-dead. The pain was gone, and in its place was an overwhelming fatigue and… not-there-ness. Like...
- Dec 3, 2022
- 4 min
Chapter 22......... A Trying Morning
Mrs. Ansford dropped onto the sofa and let her head fall back. She was exhausted, and it was only one in the afternoon. They’d been to...
- Nov 26, 2022
- 1 min
Twenty-sixth of November, 2022
My dear reader, It has been recommended by my therapist that I take a day off – something I had forgotten humans should do on occasion....
- Nov 26, 2022
- 11 min
Chapter 21......... Things Get Considerably Worse
“Silas!” Faye gasped, running to him as he jumped to his feet. “Faye! What are you doing here?” he shouted. She bowled into him, knocking...
- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
Nineteenth of November, 2022
My dear reader, I am dreadfully ill with procrastination. I have just had my tenth cup of coffee and finished my eleventh TV show. I hope...
- Nov 19, 2022
- 14 min
Chapter 20......... Things Could Have Gone Worse
Faye woke up to a ray of light on the wall where it shouldn’t have been. Her breath tightened and she froze, trying to remember where she...
- Nov 12, 2022
- 12 min
Chapter 19......... The Letter
Faye, In exchange for my life, they want the copy of the Dascyleum Text, $200, and a locket heirloom which you’ll find with Mrs. Ansford…...