Format: Short Story
Year Published: 2014
Genre: Fantasy
Description: A magician peddling light convinces a farmer to purchase a second sun, much to the chagrin of his young daughter.
Inspiration: I’m interested in tricksters, con artists, and autocrats, but if the figure I’m writing about is also a magician, then the story practically writes itself.
Related Work: “The Men Who Kill Trees,” “Carlos, a Dying Dream” & Eli vs. the Lizard King