Every libromancer had a first book. Etched more sharply into my memory than my first kiss, this book had been my magical awakening.
Like any child raised on tales of magical worlds beyond paintings and mirrors and wardrobes, I had yearned to enter Middle Earth, to reach through.
Some people would say it's a bad idea to bring a fire-spider into a public library. Those people would probably be right, but it was better than leaving him alone in the house for nine hours straight. The one time I tried, Smudge had expressed his di...
...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.
