title: Skeleton Key Volume 3: Telling Tales
author:  Andi Watson 
description: (Skeleton Key) improves with every issue, with smart, snappy storylines and art as masterfully expressive as it is cute. -- <i>The San Diego Union-Tribune</i><br /><br />A new wave Betty and Veronica for the thinking reader. -- <i>Comics International</i><br /><br />An offbeat combination of simple drawing, inventive plotting, and endearing characters. -- <i>CBG</i><br /><br />One of the most thoroughly enjoyable series being published today . . . You owe it to yourself to try Skeleton Key. -- <i>Wizard</i>
zlib_text: The Skeleton Key
  
  
  
  
  
  THE SKELETON KEY
  
  
  A Short Story Exclusive
  
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  ![Harper_Logo.jpg](images/00001.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Skeleton Key
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
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  [The Skeleton Key:](.html_split_002#filepos4946)
  
  
  [A Short Story Exclusive](.html_split_002#filepos4946)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [What's True What's Not](.html_split_003#filepos99484)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [An Excerpt from The Devil Colony](.html_split_004#filepos102766)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Cover](.html_split_005#filepos103052)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Title Page](.html_split_005#filepos103410)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Notes from the Historical Record](.html_split_006#filepos104267)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Notes from the Scientific Record](.html_split_007#filepos107359)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](.html_split_008#filepos110224)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Part I](.html_split_009#filepos139031)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](.html_split_010#filepos139413)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](.html_split_011#filepos172975)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](.html_split_012#filepos239628)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](.html_split_013#filepos271665)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](.html_split_014