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Kyle Murchison Booth is the unlikeliest of characters to gain a cult following, yet he has. Eccentric, socially awkward Booth is an introverted museum archivist, descended from a most unusual family, who frequently finds himself in the midst of the most unsettling supernatural experiences and strange necromantic mysteries. A gentleman and a scholar, the unwilling hero persevered through The Bone Key, a series of interconnected short stories, to win readers' hearts (and possibly their souls).

This new edition, with a "puzzle" cover and a new introduction by one of Booth's "successors" at the Samuel Mather Parrington Museum, will delight current fans and allow even more to discover its dark charms.

Contents:

• Bringing Helena Back - [Kyle Murchison Booth] - (2004) - shortstory by Sarah Monette
• Drowning Palmer - [Kyle Murchison Booth] - (2006) - novelette by Sarah Monette
• Elegy for a Demon Lover - [Kyle Murchison Booth] - (2005) - shortstory by Sarah Monette
• Introduction (The Bone Key) - (2007) - essay by Sarah Monette
• Listening to Bone - [Kyle Murchison Booth] - (2007) - shortstory by Sarah Monette
• The Bone Key - [Kyle Murchison Booth] - (2007) - shortstory by Sarah Monette
• The Green Glass Paperweight - [Kyle Murchison Booth] - (2004) - shortstory by Sarah Monette
• The Inheritance of Barnabas Wilcox - [Kyle Murchison Booth] - (2004) - shortstory by Sarah Monette
• The Venebretti Necklace - [Kyle Murchison Booth] - (2004) - novelette by Sarah Monette
• The Wall of Clouds - [Kyle Murchison Booth] - (2003) - novella by Sarah Monette
• Wait for Me - [Kyle Murchison Booth] - (2004) - shortstory by Sarah Monette
• Introduction to the Second Edition (The Bone Key) - (2011) - essay by Lynne M. Thomas

Contents:

• The Replacement - (2008) - shortstory by Sarah Monette
• The World Without Sleep - (2008) - novelette by Sarah Monette
• White Charles - (2009) - novelette by Sarah Monette
• The Yellow Dressing Gown - (2008) - shortstory by Sarah Monette

This short story originally appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, September 2009. It can also be found in the anthologies The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010, edited by Paula Guran, and Clarkesworld: Year Three (2013), edited by Sean Wallace and Neil Clarke. The story is included in the collection Unnatural Creatures (2011).

Read the full story for free at Clarkesworld.