The Book

03/09/21 • 15 min

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Derek Ebdon is an art forger of such exceptional skill that the experts find it impossible to tell if a work is created by him or by one of the old masters.

But one day he buys a book with occult powers, and things start to go badly wrong.

This story was first written for Business Spotlight in 2017.

Music: A Hand In The Dark - Underbelly & Ty Mayer

Image by Jazella from Pixabay.

Derek Ebdon is an art forger of such exceptional skill that the experts find it impossible to tell if a work is created by him or by one of the old masters.

But one day he buys a book with occult powers, and things start to go badly wrong.

This story was first written for Business Spotlight in 2017.

Music: A Hand In The Dark - Underbelly & Ty Mayer

Image by Jazella from Pixabay.

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This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2018.

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