The original publishing run of Tatters was in 2021-2022. It was substantially the same story as the rerelease, just organized differently. This was an earlier day, an innocent day. An Audrey day, before the King’s segment.
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Excerpt:
“I’m going to school,” Audrey said loudly. Fortune looked up from the little table on the sweeping front stair’s landing where he had taken to eating his breakfast. Marguerite sat opposite him, nose in the morning paper.
Audrey waved to catch Fortune’s eye. She was wearing some kind of knee-length skirt with stockings and a fragment of a clinging sleeveless top. It was a little too risqué for the beach. This was probably normal, or else why would she be doing it?
“Fine,” he said, “have a nice day.” She gave him a funny look and sashayed toward the door.
Marguerite looked up. “You can’t be serious. She can’t go out in that!”
“Why not?”
“Look at her!”
Fortune dutifully looked. “Versam had that skirt two seasons ago, I can probably find her an up-to-date rendition, something of quality.”
Marguerite rolled her eyes. “She needs to cover skin before she can go to school! Audrey, you come back here.”
“Fortune?”
Fortune gave Marguerite a tolerant look. “Fine, put on something more conventional. I’ll get you that skirt for next week.”
“She can’t wear it then, either!” fulminated Marguerite.
“I’ll have them add two inches. But you can’t stop fashion.”
“Yisss,” said Audrey.
“The schoolteacher is going to send her back!”
Fortune leaned across and pulled Marguerite’s paper down far enough for them to see each other’s faces. “The schoolteacher,” he said beside his scar, “will do no such thing.”
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