...He is sure that the Bailey he is now is closer to the Bailey he is supposed to be than the Bailey he had been before

Trespassers Will Be Exsanguinated.

It's not a real name," she says. "Not one that he's carried with him always. It's one he wears like his hat. So he can take it off if he wants.

I'm kind of big on performance in general. I like the sort of entertainment where you can go in and be fully immersed in it.

I tried to explain as much as I could," Poppet says. "I think I made an analogy about cake." "Well, that must have worked," Widget says. "Who doesn't like a good cake analogy?

They are enthusiasts, devotees. Addicts. Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. They seek each other out, these people of such specific like mind. They tell of how they found the circus, how those first few steps were like magic. Like stepping into a fairy tale under a curtain of stars… When they depart, they shake hands and embrace like old friends, even if they have only just met, and as they go their separate ways they feel less alone than they had before.

I don't always write in order, so composing multi-book stories could get complicated.