Nick shook his head and found to his surprise that he did have tears left after all. He wasn't surprised by a talking cat. The world was crumbling around him and anything could happen.

People often presume I'm from whatever country they're from. So Americans presume I'm American and the British presume I'm British. And they're surprised to discover I actually am Australian. And actually some Australians are surprised too.

Double, treble, quadruple bubble, watch the stock market get into trouble.

Bee stings are very educational

There were also very special or dangerous items that had to be fetched in person, or even by large parties of armed librarians.

Even now, she wished she could write a note, push it across the table, and go away to her room. But she was no longer a Second Assistant Librarian of the Great Library of the Clayr. Those days were gone, vanished with everything else that had defined her previous existence and identity.

The visions are fragmented and a dark cloud spreads like spilt ink across the pages of possible futures.