The Frequency of the Dead – Chapter 8 Paper Ghosts The man on the phone told her to call him Rook. He offered no further name. He told her to meet him at a place called the Linden Archive — not a public institution, but a private collection housed in the back rooms of a … Read more
The Frequency of the Dead – Chapter 7 The Second Disappearance Petra Sulc was not answering her phone. Mira tried six times across the following morning, then went to the apartment two streets from Harrow Lane that Petra had mentioned in passing. The building was a converted warehouse, solid and anonymous. The door to apartment … Read more
The Frequency of the Dead – Chapter 7 What the Landlord Forgot Dagny Holt was not at home. Dagny Holt’s house — a low, neat stone building at the end of a gravel track outside Vrekk — was occupied instead by her landlord, a heavyset man named Gunnar who wore the expression of someone in … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE FINAL CHAPTER Five Years Later — Ten Years After the Fall of Meridian The office had changed. The walls were no longer bare. They were covered in photographs — photographs of the forgotten children, of their families, of the memorial services held in their honor. The bookshelves were filled … Read more
The Frequency of the Dead – Chapter 6 Frequencies Don’t Lie Back in the city, Mira cleared her desk of everything unrelated and spread her notes in a semicircle around her keyboard. She had been trained — formally, by a government course in her twenties, and informally, by two decades of work — to approach … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE EPILOGUE Five Years Later The cemetery was quiet on the spring morning, the sun warm on the grass, the birds singing in the old oak trees. Sloane stood at the edge of the graveyard, watching as Cora Delaney led a group of young volunteers through the stones. They had … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE FUTURE Monday, January 22nd – 9:00 AM The office was bright, the morning sun streaming through the windows, warming the room. Sloane sat at her desk, a cup of tea in her hands, looking out at the city below. The voices in her head were quiet, at peace. “You … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE LEGACY Friday, January 19th – 9:00 AM The office was quiet. The morning light streamed through the windows, casting warm patterns on the floor. Sloane sat at her desk, a cup of tea in her hands, the list of names from the memorial spread before her. She had been … Read more
The Frequency of the Dead – Chapter 5 What the Landlord Forgot Dagny Holt was not at home. Dagny Holt’s house — a low, neat stone building at the end of a gravel track outside Vrekk — was occupied instead by her landlord, a heavyset man named Gunnar who wore the expression of someone in … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE FORGIVENESS Thursday, January 18th – 9:00 AM Sloane sat in her office, the morning light streaming through the windows, a cup of tea growing cold in her hands. She had not slept well. The visit to Dr. Marsh had stirred up memories she had tried to bury — memories … Read more
