Thuggiana: The First Quarto, #5

By Gregory Ashe

Pics, or it didn't happen.

Thuggiana is a collection of short stories connected to The First Quarto. It includes the following:

"The Slightest Folly"

This prequel provides a glimpse into Auggie's and Theo's lives in high school. It takes place before They Told Me I Was Everything.

"As School-Boys from Their Books"

A series of vignettes set shortly after the events of They Told Me I Was Everything.

"The Woodsong Fog"

A series of vignettes set shortly after the events of Yet a Stranger.

"We Fools of Nature"

Theo and Auggie go on a float trip. This story is set after The Fairest Show.

"Thuggiana"

Auggie takes the gang on a private, overnight ghost hunt in an abandoned prison. This story is set after A Fault against the Dead.

Please note that the first four stories were distributed previously in various formats.

"Thuggiana" is exclusively available in this collection.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hodgkin and Blount
• Release date: Nov 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9781636210421

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