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    “Who do we have the pleasure of speaking with?” Edwin asked, formal as ever, even when addressing a woodland creature in a magical clearing.

    “The Fox Queen,” the fox said.

    Charles sighed softly and Crystal knew exactly what he was thinking: The last thing they needed was more animal royalty.

    Or: The Dead Boy Detective Agency is back in London, back to solving cases, back to normal. Or as normal as it can get after Port Townsend upended their afterlives. In the middle of routine casework they discover that all across London, ghost children are going missing—vanished into thin air as if they never existed. If that weren’t enough trouble, rumors begin to spread around the Night Market that a group of Americans is looking for a ghost who has escaped hell.

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    Wunderkammer, noun. Translated from the German as wonder room and more commonly known in English as a cabinet of curiosities.

    HELP WANTED: Maintenance Worker (late hours)
    Seeking a person of steady disposition and keen intellect. Generous compensation. Room and board available upon request. Not suitable for those possessed of a delicate constitution or nervous temperament. Mechanical aptitude a must, fast runners strongly preferred. Priority will be afforded to candidates with no dependents or other living relatives. Applicants may report to Mr. Edwin Payne, acting head curator and recondite warder of the London Athenaeum.
    Office hours: 11:30pm – 5:30am, Mondays only.

    It’s the weirdest bloody job interview Charles has ever done.

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    24 Sep 2024

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    Edwin is in Hell. Nothing is as it seems.

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    The pre-canon adventures of Edwin and Charles. In which they love each other a whole lot and neither one has any idea how to be normal about it.

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    Poltergeists are created when a ghost experiences extreme emotional distress. Poltergeists are notoriously hard to reign in, and they almost never gently move on. Neither Edwin nor Charles ever imagined it would happen to them.

    Basically, five times where the Dead Boy Detective Agency dealt with the threat of a poltergeist.

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    “Once you choose to go down the poltergeist route there is no coming back,” Edwin said. “And I will have no choice but to follow you.”

    “You can’t do that mate,” Charles said. His voice had cleared up some, his form less wavy.

    “Then do not go where I cannot follow,” Edwin said.

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    24 May 2024