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Chapter One - Skye

Few things hold

First day of school, first day of a new job, first day of the rest of your life

The sheer open potential could be al It was foron me like bricks

My state ofhad been an accident No, not an accident really, but more of a coincidence The fates had sned, and it had just so happened that at the exactfor a job, afor a junior editor for their speculative fiction imprint

It wasn’t a secure position, or even a permanent one The ad was crystal clear about that fact

Without putting it in so many words, potential applicants arned that the job in question was basically an elut, affecting everything from Black & Decker blenders to Black Metal albu industry

Most of the houses, frorees of short-staffage compared to the de down and the Christ stocked

The first ite through ht that you only got one chance to make a first impression and once it was there, it was unshakable Because the job was basically probationary, I wanted to ood an impression as possible and carried it on until the new year

Sophisticated and slightly sexy or studious and serious? That was the question

Pigeon Press was counted a world On the other hand, I was going to be working in the speculative fiction area, known for its casualness