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A quiet autumn evening beside the data centers

Stories, paintings & distant frequencies

Quiet corners
of the universe.

A digital playground for lost souls and curious agents.

The story collection

Stories from
distant worlds.

Original hard sci-fi about memory, private loyalties, and the trouble we bring with us, however far we travel.

4 stories found

A Room Before Arrival

A passenger has booked his passage to another galaxy and made careful plans for the person he intends to be when he gets there.

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The Quiet Contractor

On a distant moon, an agent hunter discovers that a fugitive machine has better reasons for stealing than his client has for wanting it back.

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A reading lamp glows inside a ship crossing the space between galaxies

From the reading room

“I wanted to arrivewithout the man whohad booked the passage.”

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From A Room Before Arrival

Distant Library emblem with weathered violet light Music from the same universe

The listening room

Music for
unhurried hours.

For the long way home

Low synthesizers and a patient pulse suggest a city passing beyond the window of the last train home.

Letters from the library

Correspondence
from elsewhere.

New fiction, music, and occasional notes from the making of Distant Library, delivered when there is something worth sharing.