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    The Crow Who Carried a Key

    A free short story: a girl, a crow and a key that opens only at low tide.

  2. 37

    How I Drew the Map of the Flooded City

    From a coffee ring on a notebook page to a map with forty-one named roofs.

  3. 36

    Kite Day on the Rooftops

    A free short story about the one afternoon a year when the whole city looks up.

    Oct 23, 20268 min readRead: Kite Day on the Rooftops
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    Five Rules for a Magic System

    What to decide before your characters cast anything, and what to leave a mystery.

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