The closet door at a security testing firm in San Francisco bangs open; Carl Arbegast looks up. "Whistler ( Read more... )

The Anna E. Waden Branch Library is kind of a pain for Whistler to get to on his own, but he's of the opinion that the trip is well worth the effort. They've got an amazing music section, and they're pretty good on new releases, too. It's as good a place as any to introduce Suzi to the world of the modern library, right?

Bar's Halloween costumes are the sort to vanish when the wearer gets out of the main room. Out back they're gone completely. Down the corridors, in the rooms, they might or might not disappear entirely. It's a weird thing, but Bar's magic's affected time in those places too; possibly they're linked. Who knows ( Read more... )

To tell the truth, Whistler's been a little nervous about this whole 'going back to San Francisco' thing since.... oh, about five minutes after he found the door again. The possibility occurred to him at the time that the door might refuse to work as a means of punishing him for failure to take the opportunity right away. Fortunately, that is not ( Read more... )

It was generally acknowledged around the office that of everyone in Bishop's company, Whistler made the best coffee. Carl and Mother had a running bet on how (Mother's involved access to radiation-bombardment machines at the local university physics lab), but in the end all that really mattered was that it was damn good coffee ( Read more... )