New this week
The latest additions to The Library's collection
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In the stacks
Speculative Fiction
Fantasy
Last Performance at the Three Dragons Inn | Ben Spencer | Fantasy (NT) (C) (F)
Jezebel is the star of the The Flame, the controversial play at the Three Dragons Inn. The play depicts the death of King Reuel I and his family by dragon flame thirty years prior. When the reigning Queen of Ragar Or—the deceased king's sister—decides to attend the play, Jezebel and the other actors worry that their lives may be in danger. But the mysterious proprietress of the Inn, Shayla Long Eyes, contends that all will be fine. Taking Jezebel aside, Shayla hatches a plan to make the Queen's show an unforgettable one. Jezebel goes along with it, but as the show draws near, Jezebel begins to suspect that there is larger plot at play, one directed by the proprietress she has long failed to properly understand.
Utopian & Dystopian
Just Like You | David Finlay | Utopian & Dystopian (N) (I) (F)→($)
The first chapter (already published) is free for everyone to view. All later chapters will be behind a paywall.
In a primitive society recovering from an unspecified catastrophe, a lone hunter is forced to lead their people into a battle between kindness and evil.
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From the Stacks
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The Memory of My Shadow | Ben Wakeman | Science Fiction (N) (I) ($)
It is the year 2052. General A.I. has arrived and already become big business. Magdalena is a brilliant and tenacious computer scientist who led the charge and profited greatly as the founder of Commune, the company that successfully planted Digital Companions, or DCs, into the heads of most of the world’s population. But at the height of her success, she mysteriously walks away from it all. From a remote compound deep in the mountains of North Carolina, Magdalena writes her story with the help of her latest creation, Meela, a DC imbued with the personality and emotional intelligence of a human. Magdalena’s obsession with mapping the personalities of real people to DCs is fueled by a longstanding obsession that is more than scientific curiosity. At sixteen, she survived the deadliest school shooting in American history. The shooter was her twin brother, Joe, who died in the aftermath. When Magdalena begins mapping her latest model, a charismatic painter named Evan, a confluence of events forces her to confront her motivations. But is it too late? The virtual monster she has created could prove to be a destroyer of worlds, just like her brother, whom she simultaneously reviles and mourns.
Glad to see Ben Wakeman's "The Memory of My Shadow" take it's place in The Library - it's out in ebook and print now!
I forgot to submit some stuff, but planning to shoot the email tmw. I'm hoping to start contributing more of my stories and such to the library, along with compiling my poetry and essays if that works.
The Library is one of the best resources hereon Substack and a great source of support for all writers here.