https://timhayesauthor.com/feeds/serials/tales-from-the-demi-monde https://timhayesauthor.com/icon-512.png PrologueTales from the Demi-monde is a collection of short stories about the various characters who feature in the novels which make up The Wheel of the Year sequence, a series of contemporary urban fantasy novels in a similar vein to series such as The Dresden Files, The Rivers of London, and A Discovery of Witches, it depicts a world where magic and the supernatural are real but kept hidden away from the majority of the population. The setting for these stories is, on the whole, the UK, although there’re occasional forays beyond its shores.I’m going to be publishing one of these short stories on my website every other Wednesday, around about mid-morning, until the story is told and in the week between stories I’ll also be posting something under Musings discussing some aspect of the series, again mid-morning on a Wednesday.Each of these is a stand-alone story outside of the chronology of the parent series. Apart from their entertainment value these stories serve as an introduction to many of the secondary characters who pop up from time to time in the main narrative. The list below lays out their names and tells you in which of the novels they made their debut appearance:In Search of Lost Things: Nathan, William Winterson, Judith Armstrong, Vicky Davenport, Orlando, Francis Dashwood, Esther Davenport, John Thomas, Drummond, and Lucy Philips.Hiding in Plain Sight: Emrys Jones, Joseph ZikaliDelving Beneath the Surface: Robert Napier. Going Incognito: Bruce and Harry EnfieldChasing After Chaos: Sinister Dexter, more widely known as Dex; RipleyBeing Shadowed by an Angel: Cassie, 2026-09-09T11:45:47+00:00 https://timhayesauthor.com/serials/tales-from-the-demi-monde/chapter-3-william-winterson-chairman-of-winterson-s-and-son-auctioneers

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