"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

A quote from Dresden Files and the question of lore

Today on my Patreon, we take a look at a passage from Book 2 in the Dresden Files series and address how lore could be passed upon the reader without being boring and incurring in inconsistencies. You can read it here.
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Weird Sisters

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[Redactor’s note: In the Year 2889 was first published in the Forum, February, 1889; p. 662. It was published in France the next year. Although published under the name of Jules Verne, it is now believed to be chiefly if not entirely the work of

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