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    Not too long after Jon and Basira return from Ny-Ålesund, a Leitner that forces its reader to always tell the truth works its way into the Institute, and it's only a matter of time before our dear Archivist accidentally (well. Sort of.) finds himself cursed by it. Any question asked of him produces a fully truthful answer, and the more he tries to resist, the more honest and personal the confessions become. Can he and the Archives staff fix this while he still has some secrets left to himself? Or will they succumb completely to their oldest and toughest enemy: direct communication.

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    08 Nov 2025

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    A continuation of the Harrow Nova AU from chapter 40 of Harrow the Ninth

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    19 Sep 2025

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    Sometimes, the most horrifying thing of all is what might have been.

    Somewhere, Jon could swear he heard a crowd laughing.

    Or: in which Jonathan Sims is forced to swap places with his alternate self – a tall, chivalrous hero extraordinaire, who knows neither fear nor nuance – and is sent to the aggressively straight alternate universe the Magnus Archives was never meant to be.

    “Whatever place this is,” Jon announced, “I just want to be sure it knows I hate it.”

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    11 Sep 2025

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    “Oh, and … as it’s our first day, I thought, maybe we could have a team lunch? For, er, bonding purposes. At my expense, of course.”

    The words ‘team lunch’ sat very awkwardly in Jon’s mouth - a man who ate at his desk, unless practically levered away from it; who had never been seen at a works do, except for that one Halloween party, where he’d worked late and had to squeeze his way through a sea of slightly tipsy vampires and werewolves, to get out of the building - but there was no way that Tim was turning down either free food, or the chance to see Jonathan Sims’ earnest attempt at ‘bonding’.

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    04 Sep 2025

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    It was like watching a puppeteer pull all of Harrow’s strings simultaneously, Gideon thought; the little hagette stood straighter, though not taller- she was still five foot nothing, more furious purse dog than shaking purse dog- but she nodded firmly, once, before turning to Cam.

    "Very well,” she said. “Marry me, Camilla.”

    A vicious spit-take on Gideon’s part translated to one exceptionally high eyebrow in Cam, but nothing more.

    “Like I said,” Cam began carefully, “I’m married to Dulcie, and unfortunately, polyamory is not recognized under the UCMJ. I can’t marry you without her losing her benefits.”

    Then, because Cam was the absolute worst, she shrugged and said, offhandedly,
    “Why don’t you marry Gideon?”

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    Harrow needs health insurance, and Gideon needs Harrow (to not be a dick.) What better way to provide for them both than a little light fraud between frenemies?

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    23 Aug 2025