Approx. 220 Pages When a captured mage is told to buy his life with a story, he doesn't choose the grandest or the bloodiest tale-he tells them the truth. Or at least, the kind that hurts.Carnelian, a clever spellcaster and famed storyteller, recounts his youth in a brothel-a found family stranger and kinder than most. But the story twists deeper, darker, toward a friend who made guilt a leash and identity a weapon. A darkly humorous, sharply written fantasy about demons, memory, and the danger of being anything but yourself. The Trick to Brothels is a story told like a spell-lyrical, intimate, and meant to haunt. Archaeologist and author of swashbuckling tales of daring, romance and horror... with a hint of paganism for good measure
