The world was flat, until it wasn't. Fake news is nothing new.

My mirror is haunted. Every time I look into it, there is an old man staring back at me.

The Rules. - The rules seem to be these: if you have written a successful novel, everyone invites you to write short stories. If you have written some good short stories, everyone wants you to write a novel. But nobody wants anything until you have already proved yourself by being published somewhere else. JAMES MICHENER