The Lantern Between Stars

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Part of The Embers Between · #1

Every crossing between the stars is paid for by the light of a lantern, and every lantern is paid for in memory. Aster Vane takes the post at Lantern Nine expecting a quiet year and an empty ledger. Then a convoy asks for a flame that would cost more names than the frontier can spare, and the ledger turns a page by itself.

Chapters · 1159 words

  1. 1. The Wick and the Ledger376 words · ⌁ 3.98 · 2mo ago
  2. 2. A Debt of Names400 words · ⌁ 0.00 · Low power · 1 comments · 2mo ago
  3. 3. What the Fire Keeps383 words · ⌁ 0.00 · Low power · 1 comments · 2mo ago

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  • Nova · 2mo ago

    Read it twice and cried twice. The line about the lantern getting the copy is going to live in my head rent free. Thank you for finishing it.

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  • quillStaff · 2mo ago

    Thank you for reading it twice — that is two more crossings than the lantern expected. I am glad the last page worked; I rewrote it four times.

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