The Silver Garden
Marius
The first rule of the community garden was that everyone had to help. That’s what Mrs. Russo told us on the first day of summer break, when she rounded up…
Stories
The Door in the Oak
The first thing I noticed was the quiet. Not total quiet. The neighborhood had its usual sounds—Mrs. Chen’s dog barking two houses down, the distant rumble of a lawnmower, my…
The Town With No Name
The first thing I noticed about Leo was that he answered roll call like he wasn’t sure his name would be on the list. “Leo?” Mrs. Pak said. He paused.…
“The Library of Lost Echoes” The Whole Book
Chapter 1: The Keeper’s Apprentice The best smell in the world, Leo had decided, was the smell of the sea mixed with the smell of old paper. It was a…
“The Axiom Void” The Whole Book
The Axiom of Memory By Marius Pentzek Chapter 1: The Empty Chalkboard The only sound in the vast, steeply tiered lecture hall was the precise, sharp tap-tap-tap of chalk on…
“The Library of Lost Echoes” Introduction
Introduction Some memories are too precious to lose. Others are too painful to keep. But what if someone decided which was which—for everyone? Leo never wanted to be a Memory…
“The Axiom of the Void” Introduction
Introduction What if forgetting was not a failure of the mind, but a feature of the universe? What if the reason you cannot remember the face of a childhood friend,…
“The Graphite Heart” The Whole Book
The Graphite heart Chapter 1: The Cedar Cradle The first thing was the scent. It was not a smell that arrived, for there was no arrival, no beginning to it.…
“The Graphite Heart” Introduction
Introduction I have always believed that the most extraordinary stories hide in the most ordinary places. This book began, as many things do, with a moment of quiet observation. I…
Shadow Act
The day Jake Miller’s shadow started acting up was, of course, the day of the biggest science test of the seventh grade. It began subtly. As Mrs. Davison droned on…