Short fiction
The Opus
After thirty-one years, Edgar makes the Philosopher’s Stone in his garden shed. It works. Now he has forty-seven gold teaspoons and a neighbour who wants hers back.
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About this recording
A complete alchemical comedy from The Great Work and Other Administrative Matters, available to read or listen to here.
AI-assisted production under Alexander Zheludev’s creative direction. Narration generated with Chatterbox Turbo. The reading and audio editions differ slightly in wording.
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