Prologue to Of the City of the Saved... (short story)

A prologue for Of the City of the Saved... was published online, and included in the 2013 Of the City of the Saved... ebook edition. A slightly truncated version was included in PROSE: This Town Will Never Let Us Go.

Summary
A ripple is spreading throughout the City of the Saved; something is coming. Omens are popping up across the City. Most are ignorant, but a select few more in-tune with mystic elements notice.

Elsewhere in the city, people soon to play an important part in the City's future are coming into position to fulfil their fates. Rick Kithred is in Paynesdown District. Urbanus Ignotus is preparing to visit his grandfather. Ved Mostyn is getting ready for a hot date. Julian White Mammoth Tusk wonders how he's going to pay his detective bills. Laura Tobin plays with a gun. And Godfather Avatar, he is on his way into their lives.

Characters

 * Kassandra of Troy
 * Godfather Avatar
 * Madame Apollina
 * Nostradamus
 * Rick Kithred
 * Urbanus Ignotus
 * Ved Mostyn
 * Julian White Mammoth Tusk
 * Laura Tobin

Worldbuilding

 * Locations mentioned in this story include Augustus District, Clarendon University, Madame Apollina's Occult Supplies Shop, Red Ochre Park, San Pedro District, and Supplicity District.

Continuity

 * Some people in the City remember the assault by War-time powers thirty years ago. (PROSE: The Book of the War)