Jasmine Rovik is a Dutch author and a leading authority in the field of the imaginary. Over a ten-year career dedicated to literary struggle and managing chronic writer's block, she has established herself as a premier voice in unfinished projects. Among her most notable contributions to contemporary culture are the coining of the term 'Thorgasm' in 2013 and, more recently, the execution of exactly five consecutive push-ups. She assumes no one is reading this.
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Chapter 8 "This is it," Luna says the moment they near the bus stop by the entrance to Wonderworld. Will jabs the red button straight away. They climb off the bus and walk the last stretch to Wonderworld. There it is. The gateway to the park. Let me pull you...
Chapter 7 I tuck my hands into the pockets of my jumper and pad barefoot through my shop, where the last strands of sunlight are threading their way between the racks of gemstones and dried herbs. The man in the mask hasn't come back. I've simply put him out...
Chapter 6 Ting-a-ling. The bell above the door. A customer. The vision of Will with his mysterious case and those unsettling news reports has only just faded. I look up. Oh. Oh! Someone is standing in the doorway. A monster. A horned skull, sharp teeth...
Chapter 5 The lift doors slide shut with their familiar squeal. Luna leans against the cold metal wall, the case at her feet. With a groan, the lift begins its slow climb to the ninth floor. Her phone buzzes in her hand. Luna looks at the screen. Mum. A...
Chapter 4 While Luna was finishing her shift at Wonderworld, I was busy with my own work here at The Right Place. Restocking shelves. Blending herbs. Selling a book of spells to a woman who insisted I wrap the cover in brown paper so her husband wouldn't see...
Chapter 3 Luna rounds the corner and stops dead. Her eyes go wide. "What a mess," she mutters. Ice cream cups, ice cream cups everywhere. Wooden spoons in the grass and wedged between the petunias in the planters. A toppled napkin holder. A crumpled paper...
Chapter 2 Luna Young is twenty-one years old, a little shorter than average, with a slight build that makes her look younger than she is. Her hair is naturally blonde, though the lower half has been dyed in shades of turquoise, blue, and purple. She wears it...
Chapter 1 Maybe this story will be different. Maybe nothing terrible will happen. No torture, no murder, no one losing everything. Maybe it will be a romantic comedy instead, with a few awkward misunderstandings and an ending that leaves everyone a little...