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// Interlude: the Bookshelf 
// Story: Haycartes' Pluperfect Method 
// by Kris Overstreet 
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A small shelf of books hung over an empty plush bed.

One of the books- the leftmost one on the shelf- glowed softly with a violet light. All of the books had a slight glow, but that first book stood out compared to the others.

The light slid off the book and onto the next book on the shelf…

… but before the light had completely left the first book, a spark, like a static discharge, leaped from the spine of the first book to the spine of the second. 

A moment’s flash, and the spark was gone.

The books remained.