Aidan Redding Against the Universes

Author’s Note The two short stories at the end of this volume are the first Montague Portal tales: Aidan Redding’s introduction and the very first Portal tale ever. No More Lonesome Blue Rings takes place decades before Redding’s birth, but people tell me it must be in this omnibus so here it is. These were written independently over several years, so minor edits have been made to ensure a consistent, bingeable read. Redding is not done with me. My beloved Patronizers (https://patronizeMWL.com) who send me money every month for no good reason: thank you all. If you patronize me enough, you get your name in any ebook that comes out. These fine and noble folks include Matt Cashner, Allan Jude, Florian Obser, Maximilian Paul, Ray Percival, sungo, and Peter Wemm. A handful of exceptional folks don’t merely support me. They shovel money at me. The least I can do is list these grand and glorious folks—Kate Ebneter, Stefan Johnson, Jeff Marraccini, Eirik Øverby, and Phillip Vuchetich—in the ebook and print versions of everything. For Liz.