Editing Libraries of Faerie (section)

===The Library of Paths Untaken===

The Library of Paths Untaken has two librarians, each with their own wing. The Keeper of Razor-Edged Tales, attends to the infinite tales of things that blissfully did not happen, and The Lady of Gentle Stories, maintains the countless stories of things that should have come to pass. 

The names are not formal, of course. Formality is not needed, and the wings are most often just referred to as the Keeper's Wing, and the Lady's Wing.


'''The Keeper's Wing'''

The Keeper of Razor-Edged Tales is an evil thing, who enjoys very much the tales of failures, violations, pains and horrors that surround him.

They are written in detail so perfect and a style so brilliantly painful, that it is obvious no mortal mind could have crafted them.

The Keeper is frustrated; however. No matter how well crafted, no matter how cunningly spun, his tales of rape, murder, fears, break-ups and genocide are not real.

The Axis did not win World War II, Manuel Dominguez did not cheat on his wife, Julius Caesar did not survive his assassination attempt, and Amelia L'Heureux did not get a back alley abortion. 

The fact that these things did not happen taunt him.


'''The Lady's Wing'''

The Lady of Gentle Stories is a far kinder creature than her counterpart. She wanders the halls and rooms of her wing, reading beautiful tales of love, victories, accomplishments and comforts. 

These stories are written in the same impossibly talented and engrossing quality as those in The Keeper's Wing.

The Lady; however, is also unhappy. Her heart aches, because regardless of how brilliantly written, regardless of how beautifully formed, her tales of marriages, births, successes, joys and peace are not real.

Martin Luther King, Jr. did not survive his assassination attempt, George Remich did not send out his manuscript, Henry Miller did not marry Anais Nin, and Amelia L'Heureux did not ask Martin Price to stay with her when it came time for him to leave.

These fact that these things did not happen torment her.