The Ones Where I Cheated: Part 2 of 4 (May 2020)
The Lectern
She comes to a circular platform, the staircase banisters diverging to form a railing.
Curious, she peers over the edge and looks down at the room from which she began her ascent, so long ago. She could jump from the platform and land without injury. Seeing her, the skeleton in undertaker's garb offers a jaunty wave before resuming its vigil over the doorway.
On the platform stands a lectern holding a thick book, open near its end. She reads the cover, careful not to close the book entirely. It bears her name for both author and title, as she expected. At this point, I kind of knew where things were going. I had planned to make each episode work as a standalone story, but I don't think I managed that.