A stranger approaches Autor, hoping to hire a storyteller for vengeance upon someone unnamed, and he won't take 'no' for an answer. Takes place after my "Chapter of the Duck" but one need not read all of that. Multi-chapter, post- series. *Not* Autor/Duck. REVISED Chapter 1 posted 6/11/2013.

A year and a day after the Prince and Princess departed for the Story, their return to Goldkrone sets in motion a quest to rescue a kidnapped Duck. Elements of Stravinsky's Firebird. Rated T, no explicit sex or violence. Minor revisions 4/25/10.