Fantasy · and later, science fiction
Leopold inherits a shop he has never seen, in a valley where debts are said out loud on the eighth day, and finds a back room with an arch in it. The arch is not the interesting part. The interesting part is that somebody has to work out what the goods on the other side are worth, and get it right by Friday.
In these books magic is expensive rather than wondrous. There is wire and oil and chalk in them, a ledger kept badly and then kept well, and a man who fails at things and does not always learn a clean lesson from it. Four novels, one of them finished. Start with the free novelette — still being written, but you can read what's done.
Free novelette · being written
Anton's last year in the shop, told from the other side of the counter. Read the opening first.
Fantasy · Four novels
A shopkeeper, a ledger, and an arch in the back room. The novelette is a prequel and can be read at any point.
Book 0 · Novelette · In progress
Anton's last year in the shop, told from the other side of the counter. Free to everyone who joins the list — it isn't finished yet, but it will be the first thing you get.
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Book 1 · Novel · Finished · publishing 2026
He inherits the shop, the debts and the customers. Nobody left him a price list.
Tell me when it is outBooks 2 to 4 are written or outlined. The whole series, in order.