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The Living Thread - Chapter 1

The Kept House

The basement smelled like the inside of a church - not incense exactly, but something older than incense.

Published April 4, 2026 The Living Thread - Chapter 2

The Landline

The envelope contained three things.

Published April 4, 2026 The Living Thread - Chapter 3

The Crossing

He left Alton at five-thirty, which gave him more time than he needed and which was, he recognized, not an accident.

Published April 4, 2026 The Living Thread - Chapter 4

The Four

There were three of them in the pew, and they looked at him the way people look at someone they have been expecting but are not entirely sur...

Published April 5, 2026 The Lost Crown - Chapter 1

The Night Before the Arrest

The knight's name was Gaufred de Montbrun, and he had known for eleven days that he was going to be arrested.

Published April 9, 2026 The Living Thread - Chapter 5

What the Compass Does

Three days after the first Thursday meeting, Joshua went back to the library.

Published April 13, 2026 The Lost Crown - Chapter 2

The Psalter of Mas-Dieu

The man who found it was not looking for it.

Published April 16, 2026 The Living Thread - Chapter 6

Thursday Again

He told himself he was going back because of the books.

Published April 20, 2026 The Lost Crown - Chapter 3

The Archive, Late

The Vatican Apostolic Archive closes at five o'clock in the afternoon.

Published April 23, 2026 The Living Thread - Chapter 7

The Cipher

He had been sitting on it for two weeks, which was long enough that bringing it up felt like a confession.

Published April 27, 2026 The Lost Crown - Chapter 4

The Archivist of Barcelona

Pere Camprubí received the package on a Tuesday in June of 1891 and set it aside until Thursday.

Published April 30, 2026 The Living Thread - Chapter 8

Tuesday Morning

Ambrose had told him to go to Mass on a weekday.

Published May 4, 2026 The Lost Crown - Chapter 5

What Ockham Began

This chapter has no documents.

Published May 7, 2026 The Living Thread - Chapter 9

The Safety Deposit Box

He had been putting it off for three weeks, which was long enough that he had stopped pretending it was anything other than avoidance.

Published May 11, 2026 The Lost Crown - Chapter 6

The Vendée, 1793

What follows is drawn from two sources: a parish register from Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, and a deposition taken in 1796 from one Marie-Anne F...

Published May 14, 2026