Do you believe a book can cross between two different times and places?
At the Dresden Christmas market, Su Jin bought an old book after the vendor talked her into it. The vendor, who was wearing a windbreaker, claimed it was over two hundred years old and might double in value someday, but Su Jin wasn't convinced.
The Christmas market was lovely. As Su Jin was leaving, she ran into a Gypsy girl. The girl, dressed in bright colors, gave her a meaningful look. The very next second, Su Jin's friend dragged her onto the Ferris wheel.
A new year, a new beginning. After her Christmas trip, Su Jin sat in her rental apartment, feeling as though her wonderful journey had nothing to do with her anymore.
Bored, she took out the century-old book and started reading. She also tucked inside a piece of angsty, unhinged writing about youth that she'd scribbled down on a whim.
Christmas, 1937. Karl Schneider was alone as usual. He opened the book he'd been reading and continued to lose himself in a sea of knowledge.
But tonight, a strange note had appeared inside.
“Today, we've gathered here to celebrate our sister Gu Li's birthday. Let's all go rotten! Let's stink!”
“Cui Zui! Beat her fruit to a pulp!”
“You bunch of losers! Get over here!”
After praying to the Virgin Mary and all manner of gods and spirits, Karl Schneider decided he must be seeing ghosts. This had to be a curse laid on him by a Gypsy witch.
“Merciful God, if I've sinned, please punish me. Don't let these strange things appear in my book.”
The heroine periodically writes some unhinged stuff, and the hero isn't right in the head. (Who normal would be the hero, anyway?)
It's basically a story about pen pals across time, and in a way, an online romance.
It's a simple story. Maybe it'll be sweet?
I'm planning to finish this someday. I'll write it when I finally get out from under the Five Finger Mountain.
Premise: Cherish peace
