A sneak peek at the next thrilling Lore of the Underlings episode,
which I’m writing as we speak (Episode 4 ~ Preview 3)

After a while the dripping slowed and with it time as well. But the watchman could not tell. He had turned already to something timeless with his wide and lonely eyes. It was the other on whom he gazed — the girl in a halo of sapphire blue aglow at the end of the room.

Perched on a platform all alone, there she sat… yet not.

His lips mouthed words with barely a breath, words he meant for her. “If this is some kind of fairy tale Vaam, then you’ve got to be Sleeping Beauty. I wonder what story you’re living tonight. Where have your dreams gone this time?”

John Cap stared at the shape she made. He seemed unable to look away.

… to be continued. Stay tuned!

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Original artwork by John Klobucher
(watercolor on paper with photographic treatments)

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Previous previews of Episode 4:
1 ~ The watchman
2 ~ Dreams

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The illuminated lore project is an ongoing collaboration of
photographer Michael Leacher
and Lore of the Underlings author John Klobucher