title: The Book Of Whimsies
author:  C S Hughes 
description: C S Hughes grew up on both sides of the tracks in ochre towns and charcoal cities. When he was young he found his way from desert to sea and back again, before getting lost in reading and study. He has lived in parks and palaces and worse places, has been a spice seller, a bookseller, a hobo and a watchmaker. He has had short stories and poetry published in Takahe, Pakeha, Newtown News, Uneven Floor, The Blue Pepper, Weird Tales, A Guide To Sydney Rivers and Five 2 One Magazine, amongst others. He sometimes writes commentary on popular culture at http://nerdalicious.com.au You can also find him and his work at http://facebook.com/cshoose He says he is getting older but no more wise.
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  _Wyrde and Wicked_
  
  
  (House of Werth, 2)
  
  
  
  
  
  by
  
  
  
  
  
  Charlotte E. English
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Charlotte E. English
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be
  re-sold.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter One
  
  
  Disappointing as it may be to relate the state of dullness prevailing at Werth
  Towers after the exciting events of the summer, yet it must be done. This,
  after all, is an endeavour prizing Truth over fashion.
  
  
  Overflowing with the enthusiasm attending a series of mild successes, then
  (for so we will term such a succession of catastrophes, on the grounds that
  they _could_ have turned out a great deal worse), Gussie would have attacked
  the matter of the Books with gusto. Indeed, she tried.
  
  
  She began by turning her uncle’s library upside down, much to the disgust of a
  bristling Lord Bedgberry.
  
  
  ‘Really, Gussie!’ said he, having wandered, in a state only half-awake, into
  this favourite part of the h