The Ephergent Reading Room

Part public library, part bookshop after closing — the reading copy is free, always.

Five productions keep the hours here: two in circulation, three on order. The door is closed to the public and the lamp is on. Read free, chapter by chapter, or take a file home from the desk.

In Circulation

Two productions are on the shelf. Read the chapters free — that is what a reading copy is for — or take a file home. The desk does not mind which.

On Order

Three productions are on order. On order means not yet released: no file at the desk, no chapter to read. A book arrives when it is ready, and this page says so.

  • Everyone Lost Tuesday

    “The day everyone lost everything, one detective kept taking the case.”

    On order · Thirty-six chapters

  • Root Access

    “The heist is the prayer. The crew breaks into the machine that deletes worlds.”

    On order · Thirty-six chapters

  • Crystallized Laughter

    “Three fired-from-existence office survivors start a zine. The zine wins.”

    On order · Forty chapters

The Circulation Desk

Four files, two books. Take an EPUB for the shelf at home, an audiobook for the walk. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to join.

Date due

Filed against the reading copy. It never leaves, so it is never late.