num_pages: 59
description: Apprentice magician Crispin Tredarloe returns to London to find his master dead and his papers sold. Papers with secrets that could spell death. Crispin needs to get them back before anyone finds out what he's been doing or what his magic can do.Crispin tracks his quarry down to waste paper dealer Ned Hall. He needs help and Ned cant resist Crispins pleadingand appealinglooks. But can the waste-man and the magician prevent a disaster and save Crispins skin?A 16000 word story set in the Charm of Magpies world and a prequel to the novel Rag and Bone (March 2016). This story was first published as part of the Charmed &amp; Dangerous anthology.Cover design by Catherine Dair.
language: English
title: A Queer Trade
publisher: KJ Charles