It starts with a book…it always starts with a book!
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It happened at Hallowe’en. Telford would never have asked me to work so close to November 1. He knew I’d be busy with my Cealano Apparatus. But he knew I worked fast. No problem. Only it took me a little longer to find the book. And Hansard.
I had heard of Hansard. He had once been a man of great stature, between six- seven and six-eight. But he had come out on the dirty end of a duel, his body shriveled to a mere, twisted three-foot-five. It was shortly after that he had changed his name to Ping and joined the Circus. I never expected to hear of him again. That’s the way it is among the book collectors. You either had it or you didn’t.
But what had really surprised me was that Ping had found two million dollars to put down on a book. I guess he had done well in the Circus. However he had got the dough, he didn’t come back with the book. And that meant I was given a little brown paper card with the title on one side and the address on the other.
“The Book of the Black Sun,” I said with little surprise….
Hallowed is an Iron Faerie collection of Halloween themed stories to enjoy any time of the year. The book contains my Book Collector story “Big Man” if Cthulhu Mythos or Noir Mystery is your thing. The clock is ticking and the Book Collector has 24 hours to get another copy of The Book of the Black Sun back. Not so easy on Halloween when your client is a child-sized magician dressed like a trick-or-treater.
Hallowed features:
This book now available in Kindle and paperback.
For more Book Collector fun, stayed tuned to Anotherealm, which will be featuring the very first BC story, “The Box” in 2025. If you prefer listening to fiction, try these two Book Collector tales at Pseudopod: “Goon Job” and “Merlin’s Bane”.
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