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  1. Public Bookmark 32

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    … sneaking stealthily through the snow had reminded Nightingale of an operation in Tibet in 1938.

    ‘Chasing German archaeologists,’ he said. ‘Complete wild goose chase for them and for us.’

    (Whispers Under Ground, chapter 10)

    Nazis, intrigue and romance clash in the high peaks of the Himalayas!

    Chapter 1: How to get Nightingale on his way to Tibet in ~20,000 easy words
    Chapter 2: Nightingale takes a trip, meets Indiana Jones at the end of it
    Chapter 3: Capers
    Intermission: Tibet, mid-13th century
    Chapter 4: Shenanigans
    Chapter 5: Wild goose chase
    Epilogue: London, 1948

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    30 Dec 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    Ghosts, I was thinking, memories—I wasn't sure there was a difference.
            ( – Moon Over Soho )

    Seawoll trips a curse-trap set for Nightingale. Nightingale has troubles of his own. Written on the Bujold principle of ‘what’s the worst most revealing thing you can do to these characters’, and also to answer ‘what would it take to make them friends’.

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    29 Dec 2025

  3. Public Bookmark *

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    Alex leans forward suddenly. “You guys really don’t remember?”

    Charles steals his watermelon juice, takes a sip and subsequently drops his head into his hands, the heel of his palm digging into his eyes.

    “Remember what?” He asks, wondering if he really wants to know.

    “You guys got married last night.”


    Charles almost cracks a smile. “Are you ashamed of it?”

    “Of what?”

    “This,” Charles gestures between himself and Max vaguely, but for a split second, even he doesn’t know what he means. There is no this, there is no them. “Our marriage.”


    Or, Max and Charles learn to fall in love in reverse.

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    04 May 2024

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    “You think you are so much better –“

    “I know I am,” Max cut him off again. “But that doesn’t mean that I can’t be beat.”

    “You want me to beat you?”

    “I want you to fucking try,” Max said, and over the phone, Charles could hear his cocky little grin. Charles found himself grinning back.

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    12 Apr 2024

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    In this one, Charles wakes up in Max's bed - neither of them can remember the night before, though. Then, a video of them surfaces.

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    07 Apr 2024