Memory-magic Stories

It's my first published story, feedback is very welcome! *** Post doesn't just show up in Rowan Mirek's seaside city; it modifies reality. Saying "thank you" makes everyone happy. A map acknowledges that it is lost. The changes are sustained by witnesses. Nudges are more appealing to Rowan than storms. Then he discovers a letter to himself in the future, which he declines to open. Dr Idris Valente, the archivist at Lighthouse, is aware that undeliverables select their audience. For reasons of its own, the Dead-Letter Office loudly concurs and starts sending the incorrect letters to the correct recipients. As the stacks whisper and bureaucrats sniff around, Rowan and Idris must choose between risking their carefully guarded hearts, the truth, or silence. With a living archive and an eavesdropping city, it's a medium-low-stakes slow burn that's whimsical, wistful, and extremely queer.