State of the Library Issue #4
The picture above doesn’t really have anything to do with a new year or 2024. I just thought it was pretty and wanted to share.
I can’t believe this is the fourth edition of the State of the Library. I am so grateful for the reception I have received on Substack. And I am grateful for each of you readers. I hope this coming year will bring more readers, more stories, and more community. Now, onto the news and whatnot!
Paywall—I Mean, Forbidden Section Coming
I know. I know. Yet another writer trying to draw a little income from writing. How dare I.
I have lowered my monthly subscription from $5 to $2.50! What will that buy you? Well, at the end of January, some of my stories are going to be relocated to the Forbidden Section. Really, it’s my archive but it sounds cooler if it’s called THE FORBIDDEN SECTION.
Don’t you want to access it even more now, knowing it’s forbidden? Human psychology is funny like that. The quickest way to get someone to do something or touch something is to tell him that it’s off-limits.
Random stories will always remain free. Every three months, beginning at the end of January, a selection of stories will be moved to the Forbidden Section. I may open it up to vote on which stories get paywalled and which don’t. Also, as part of this, I will probably give the whole ‘stack an overhaul, rename some things, etc.
More benefits to being a subscriber will arise as time goes on. So, beat the rush and become a subscriber now!
December Posts
January’s Story
“Wind Chimes at the End of the World” — A meteor buzzes past Earth, bringing with it a green energy that spells the end of world as Lacey knows it. And what does she find at the end of the world?
Excerpt:
Lacey clutched her new iPhone, bought just for the occasion. It had a 48-megapixel Sony image sensor on the main camera and 13.4-megapixel ultra-wide camera. She hadn’t played with the camera enough, though, to take advantage of all the settings. She did her best though, angling it to capture the image of the meteor as it blazed by.
There was something weird, though. The light coming off the space rock was bright white but also with a strange greenish tinge. The tinge extended out from the trail of the meteor, like a spreading veil.
A feeling like foreboding swept through Lacey. She took her eyes off the screen to watch the permeating green.