The First Glimpse

<p><strong>Oh hello dear customer... The shop has chosen you.</strong></p><p>When young Corin stumbles into a shop that shouldn't exist-tucked in a forgotten alley of Arden's Wake-he's seeking an escape from grief from nightmares from the ghost of a dream he once held dear. What he finds instead is a relic: a bookmark that doesn't mark pages but portals.</p><p>Drawn into a vast timeless library that bends reality itself Corin must face riddles memories and challenges crafted from the threads of fate itself. Each step forces him to confront what he fears most-not monsters but truth.</p><p><strong><em>The First Glimpse</em></strong> is the debut novella in the <em>Curiosities of the Eldritch</em> series-a dark fantasy journey for fans of shadowed magic mysterious artifacts and stories that whisper long after the final page. If you crave supernatural intrigue with emotional depth and eerie wonder your invitation has arrived.</p><p>The shop is open. Will you uncover what you seek... or something you never expected?</p><p></p>