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ClintACK:
So... apparently there's a new Dresden Files short story coming out?

Upcoming Works at jimbutcher.com:

--- Quote ---10/8/19: Parallel Worlds, an anthology containing a new Dresdenverse short story from a very unconventional POV.  Edited by L.J. Hachmeister and R.R. Virdi.
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Amazon for pre-order: https://www.amazon.com/Parallel-Worlds-L-J-Hachmeister-ebook/dp/B07V6PM444/
Amazon Blurb:
--- Quote ---Heroes and villains are not always on the opposite ends of the spectrum of good and evil. Sometimes, all that separates them is a fine line. The stories within “Parallel Worlds” explore the lives of such heroes and what drives them – and what keeps them from crossing over to the other side.
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Do we know anything about this story?

The blurb makes me think it could be a story from the PoV of Mirror Harry.

g33k:

--- Quote from: ClintACK on July 12, 2019, 12:12:22 PM ---So... apparently there's a new Dresden Files short story coming out?

Upcoming Works at jimbutcher.com:
Amazon for pre-order: https://www.amazon.com/Parallel-Worlds-L-J-Hachmeister-ebook/dp/B07V6PM444/
Amazon Blurb:
Do we know anything about this story?

The blurb makes me think it could be a story from the PoV of Mirror Harry.

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I don't expect we'll get any Mirror'verse stuff.

I'll point to the "Zoo Day" short, which eminently fulfills all the elements above.

It's a new story, though, so NOT Zoo Day.

Maybe Eb and the Blackstaff "coming to terms" with one another?

Maybe Bob vs. EvilBob?

Maybe Lea "tormenting" Harry in her faerie-godmother way "for his own good?"

etc...
 

KurtinStGeorge:
While it could be a Mirror Mirror Harry short story, I have real doubts Jim would want to give anything away about Alt-Harry.  Perhaps the discussion that was held (in another thread) about a Nicodemus short story will become more than theoretical.

The only thing that makes me doubt this will happen is the description; "Heroes and villains are not always on the opposite ends of the spectrum of good and evil. Sometimes, all that separates them is a fine line."  In theory, there might be a fine line between Cowl and Harry, but what separates Nicodemus and Harry is more like a huge canyon. 

A Cowl short story?  I've never considered the idea before.  That might be interesting.  Whoever thought of this idea deserves credit for coming up with something different.  I'll buy a copy.

peregrine:
I'm thinking it might be Eb.  Or possible Rashid.  Those two are the ones whom seem most likely to have had experiences with parallel worlds.

Griffyn612:
It sounds like a good way to show two characters separated only by decisions.  I could see a Murphy/Rudolph story fitting in this, where we see the differences between them highlighted by the similarities.  Both could be trying to figure out their place in the post-Stab supernatural world. 

One hung her hat on the outcast wizard that killed his master, and later withheld info that got her partner killed. One hung his hat on a supernatural nation seeking justice against the wizard that brought monsters into the man's life. 

Then they both lose rhose they associated with, leaving them alone and powerless in a world tilting into darkness as the Fomor grow in power.  When their paths cross, and both are forced to choose sides in a new conflict, will they find common ground, or will they once again mirror each other from opposite sides?

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