Dear Sir or Madam, I write to you today on a topic of Absorbing Interest: the Victorian Era (my own little field of study). I know, Agent, what you are picturing. Hovering in the background of your picture is the dumpy figure of the Queen, in her widow’s weeds, setting… Continue reading
By Cormorant Garamond, surly half-drunken sot, and Professor of Comparatively Modern History Greetings, friend Agent! I cannot believe I am addressing you for the second day in a row. Admin seems to think that Professors exist to be bullied and bossed around by them. And I admit they are quite… Continue reading
by Cormorant Garamond, Prof. of Comparatively Modern History After a lot of Interdepartmental Dispute, and a certain amount of Skullduggery, the History Department has somehow managed to stick me with the thankless task of preparing a Timeline for you Agent people to senselessly gape at. I’ve skimped a bit, and… Continue reading
Or, Late Again! An A-to-Zer’s Dilemma In other words, T is coming. Soon. Soonish. Probably before dawn. Certainly before U. Definitely after S, as that is in The Past. And I don’t personally have access to The Lighthouse’s time travel tech, which anyway doesn’t exist. Yet. Probably. Stay tuned!… Continue reading
Agent! Do you feel more at home in some part of The Past than you do in the digital bustle of the Present Day? Is it increasingly difficult to step back through that Door, to leave the squalor of The Past behind for the sterile halls of The Lighthouse? If… Continue reading
WARNING: Um. Okay, look, I think this post is amusing. I am also a bit on the morbid side. Some people may possibly find this post upsetting? Maybe? Anyway, if you’re feeling kind of fragile, I’d read something else. Literally anything else on this site, for example. Or call again… Continue reading
Ah, Agent. I won’t introduce myself, if you understand me. No names, no pack drill. Also noticed my colleagues who are free with their identities tend to die by violence pretty smartly thereafter. Not a popular job, you understand. We’re the ones who will come for you, y’see. Oh, not… Continue reading
Personal Encounters, or, What To Do When You Meet Yourself by Candida Flowers We at Ops Scheduling do our best to ensure that you won’t have one of those awkward, face-to-face encounters with yourself. You know, you’re casually strolling along, minding your own business, somewhere in The Past, when you… Continue reading
Callum McZander, Outer Entity Expert She came to my office and asked me to do it. “We need an “O.” Write about the Outer Entities.” She said this casually. As if she was asking me to write of the joys of cat ownership. I examined her closely, looking for the… Continue reading
by Lucia Mapp, Cartographer One of the many confusing aspects of travel for Agents is the fact that most of The Past is utterly devoid of locational tagging. You scan a street with your iDictaBrain, and it just lays there, being a street, refusing to reply. It doesn’t say what… Continue reading
