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The Dresden Files => DF Spoilers => Topic started by: ClintACK on July 12, 2019, 12:12:22 PM
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So... apparently there's a new Dresden Files short story coming out?
Upcoming Works at jimbutcher.com:
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.
Amazon for pre-order: https://www.amazon.com/Parallel-Worlds-L-J-Hachmeister-ebook/dp/B07V6PM444/
Amazon Blurb: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.
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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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.
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...
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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.
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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.
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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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priscellie
Resident Intellectus
63 points ·
15 hours ago
· edited 13 hours ago
Jim's short story is a freaking DELIGHT. And you'll never guess whose POV it's from. Well, you guys have pretty twisty brains, so you might guess. But I WILL SAY NOTHING until Jim and Ronnie (the amazing R.R. Virdi, one of the editors) give me the go-ahead to say who it is. :D
Edit: Jim has confirmed that it's a Goodman Grey story!
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Ok, now I'm excited to read it, and I would never have guessed.
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I think we knew there was a Goodman Grey story coming, but I can't recall if it'd been proposed as a short story or a series. Either way it should be good!
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I think we knew there was a Goodman Grey story coming, but I can't recall if it'd been proposed as a short story or a series. Either way it should be good!
I've heard Jim propose it as a possible series after he finishes the Dresden Files. Honestly, Goodman Grey was my first thought from the description in the OP, but I also thought he would be held back for the proposed series, so I concluded it probably wouldn't be him.