The Claus-Rosen Bridge was the sixth short story exclusively published in The Book of the Snowstorm on 27 December 2023[1] by Arcbeatle Press and written by Ostara Gale and Elodie Christian. It was the first instalment in the series The Detective of Ishiok, a series focusing around the titular detective Lotto. It also featured elements from Coloth and Auteur.
Plot[]
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Characters[]
- Lotto VI
- Mae
- Old man
- Mad Hatter
- The Hare
- Cheshire Cat
- Viv-Gabriel Arch'ikarios
- Abigail von Strab'le
- Lady Aesculapius
- Arbraytha McColl
- Jenny Everywhere
- Mary Christmas
- Mary
- Jesus Christ
- Three Kings of Orient
- Sixteenth Auteur
- Hans Von Waldamon
- Chortle Von Krampus
- Jolly bar-Claus
- Santa Claus
- Hugin
- Munin
- Odin
Mentioned only[]
- Kopyion Liall a Mahajetsu
- Urizen
- Alice
- Sebastian III
- Maritsa
Worldbuilding[]
- Lotto knows of the Yssgaroth, among other things, as the Shamblers.
- Lotto and Mae find Wonderland on the "great black ocean around the cosmos," the Void-Between-Worlds
- The heartland of the House of the Fallen used to be a non-world in an astral plane, but is now a mathematical shadow dimension in a "somewhat-defunct" timeline. This perplexes Lotto.
- Lady Aesculapius is apparently a frequent visitor of the library, as is a specific Jenny Everywhere.
- Mae is a shapeshifter, at various times appearing as a mouse, a cat and a Gendar girl, but enjoys appearing as a Rabbit. Frobisher, another shapeshifter, also enjoyed appearing specifically as a Penguin, although Mae's species is never stated.
- Gabriel (The Claus-Rosen Bridge) is a "protohistoric inhabitant" of the Plume Coteries' Library. Maritsa is her only friend.
- Members of Proxima Centauri D call the planet Proxima Centauri, however this infuriates cosmologists because the other two planets in the system do the same thing.
- The Claus-Rosen Bridge looks like "some sort of prop off Stargate".
Notes[]
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Continuity[]
- Auteur is still Outside the third universe and the library thanks to the Retconning Crocodiles. (PROSE: Resurrection of the Author)
- Due to the library being on the borders of the universe, it is easier to reach the Library than theThird Universe, referencing Auteur's other scheme involving the library. (PROSE: The Cactus and the Corpse)