title: Bonevardi: Chasing Shadows, Constructing Art
author:  Ronald Christ 
description: GUSTAVO BONEVARDI, the son of Marcelo Bonevardi, and JOHN BENNETT have worked together since 1996. Though trained as architects, they have done computer animation, graphic design, and public sculpture, as well as architecture. Their work has won various awards. As artists, Bonevardi and Bennett formed part of the team that conceived and executed Tribute In Light, the memorial of light commemorating the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. They live in New York City.
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  Short Story  
  The Lost Art of World Domination
  
  
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  [Cover](dummy_split_000.html#filepos178)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Title Page](dummy_split_000.html#filepos523)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Lost Art of World Domination](dummy_split_002.html#filepos2690)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About the Author](dummy_split_003.html#filepos33031)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Praise](dummy_split_004.html#filepos34108)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Books by Derek Landy](dummy_split_005.html#filepos38165)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Copyright](dummy_split_006.html#filepos38484)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About the Publisher](dummy_split_007.html#filepos41169)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## [The Lost Art of World Domination](dummy_split_001.html#filepos909)
  
  
  
  
  
  ![image](images/00003.jpg)ith the shadows wrapped around him and the sliver of
  light falling dramatically over his eyes, the evil sorcerer Scaramouch Van
  Dreg stood in the dungeon and watched his captive with predatory amusement.
  
  
  The dungeon was dark and damp and dank, and the chains that bound the ske