A Scribbler Scorns His Station
By Ros Jackson
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In 1734 Thomas Laceby is trying to live the life of a gentleman on a pauper's income, but writing stories about the nobility isn't keeping him in quills and ink. But his troubles are about to take on another order of magnitude. Little does he know, the demon Inar has chosen him as his latest experiment in unnatural philosophy.
Used to digging up the nobility's secrets, Laceby starts to get glimpses of a disturbing, shadowy world - one that's not for any upstart mortal to gawp at.
This is a short story of around 5,600 words, set in the same universe as the Kenssie books.
Ros Jackson
Ros is the author of a number of works of fantasy. She lives in Lincolnshire, England, where she combines a love of politics and putting words on paper with the more serious responsibility of being a full-time cat minion.
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Ros Jackson
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A Scribbler Scorns His Station
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A Scribbler Scorns His Station
1734
The demon Inar cut the top of his thumb with a fingernail, and squeezed out one fat drop of blood before the wound healed of its own accord. It landed in the young man's chipped earthenware mug. The man didn't look up, nor did he notice Inar's blood, because of course demons are invisible.
The man was a soft thing whose puffy white shirt did not quite disguise the lack of muscle around his chest and arms. His long, dark wig was unkempt, and he held a bone pen to his mouth that he had yet to dip in its inkwell, judging by the cleanliness of its nib. He sat in a box room, and the cloudiness of the day filtered in through