Short Stories
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The second is to buy them on Amazon (other retailers coming soon).
Fragility
A Few Months Before Mirrorfall
To most people, Merlin is Agent Jones' adopted son, a child with a generally bright and sunny disposition, despite the horrors of his childhood.
A few with the right security access know that one of his parents was a demon.
Three people know of the pieces of mirror embedded up and down the boy's spine, and the strange, effortless magic that he's capable of performing with barely a thought.
And all of this is something Jones has to manage, while also running a department in one of the worst-performing Agencies in the world.
Novella: XXk words
Blue Rhapsody
1 Year Before Mirrorfall
Michael Hu Luk - known better to himself and the world as Raz - struggles to make it from day to day.
On a bad day, when colours hurt, and the walls are screaming, he receives a kindness that changes his life - a pair of headphones that never tangle, and that repair themselves.
On investigation, they lead him straight to the Agency, and a chance at a different life.
Novella: 20k words
The Auction
Six Months Before Mirrorfall
An auction is being held, where angels fear to tread.
Curt and Magnolia are sent into a lawless part of Faerie to bid on, and rescue, a kidnapped agent.
And for the daughter of the Magpie queen and an ex-Solstice, things are never easy.
Novella: 38k words
Newbie
14 Months Before Mirrorfall
Curt's first days as a recruit aren't easy.
All he can hope is that the transfer to Brisbane is a real second chance, and not going from the frying pan to the fire.
Short Story: 18k words
The Twisted Heart
Seven Years Before Mirrorfall
Long before she finds Ryan again, Stef is given a choice by her father: straighten up and fly right...or lose everything.
Short Story: 20k words
Screen Saver
5 Years Before Mirrorfall
After a boring day preparing a new network, Screen returns to her workplace, and walks into a hostage situation.
Hiding in the storage area, she contacts the Agency, and Jones rushes to organise a rescue before all of her coworkers are killed or taken into Faerie.
Short Story: 12k words
Grit and Dust
Same Year as Mirrorfall
Magnolia collects some old photos from the Agency where she grew up.
Short Story: 3k words
Breathing
Same Year As Mirrorfall
A short insight into Doctors Parker.
In the Agency, twins are highly valued for their ability to be so much more efficient than a solo agent, but their uniqueness makes them lonely - each set of twins only able to truly understand themselves.
Short Story: 3k words
Origin
Sometime Before 1850
The duskers aren't suitable anymore, it's time for a new kind of herald...
Short Story: 3k words
