\documentclass[11pt]{memoir} \def\watermarkloaded{0} \input{includes/variables} \input{includes/draft} \input{includes/frame} \input{includes/packages} \input{includes/pagelayout} \input{includes/geometry} \input{includes/toc} \input{includes/font} \input{includes/title} \input{includes/secdiv} \input{includes/hyphenation} \newcommand{\Char}[1]{ \cleardoublepage \null \thispagestyle{empty} \vfill \begin{center} \huge\TitleFont #1 \end{center} \vspace{2cm} \vfill } \begin{document} \frontmatter \thispagestyle{empty} \null \vfill \begin{flushright} \DisplayFont Idumea \end{flushright} \vfill \cleardoublepage \pagestyle{empty} \doublespacing \begin{center}\DisplayFont \null \vfill {\Huge Idumea} \vspace{1ex} {\Huge ×} \vspace{1ex} {\Large A Post-Self story} \vspace{2em} \vfill {\Large Madison Rye Progress} with contributions from {\Large Samantha Yule Fireheart Krzysztof “Tomash” Drewniak} \end{center} \thispagestyle{empty} \newpage \input{includes/copyright} \newpage \null \cleardoublepage \onehalfspacing %\doublespacing \null \vfill \noindent\textbf{Note:} this book touches on the plots of The Post-Self Cycle, as well as that of \emph{Marsh}. It is still a standalone novel, but might benefit from having read those works first. They may all be found \emph{post-self.ink} as paperbacks, ebooks, and free to read in the browser. \vspace{1cm} \noindent\textbf{Content notes:} brief description of sex, themes of self harm, suicide, and poor mental health. \vspace{1cm} \noindent The section with Warmth In Fire on page \pageref{warmth} is a collaboration with Samantha Yule Fireheart. \vspace{1em} \noindent The section with The Dog and The Rabbit Chaser on page \pageref{thedog1} is a collaboration with Krzysztof ``Tomash'' Drewniak. \cleardoublepage \thispagestyle{empty} \tableofcontents* \null \thispagestyle{empty} \newpage \singlespacing \begin{center} {\Large \DisplayFont \underline{Dramatis Personae}} \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\underline{The Ode clade}} \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small Your Humble Narrator} Dear The Wheat And Rye Under The Stars \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small The Woman} To Pray For The End Of Endings \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small Her Friend} I Must Show No Hesitation When Speaking My Name \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small Her Therapist} Where I May Ever Dream \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small Her Cocladist} Should We Rejoice In The End Of Endings \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small The Oneirotect} Which Offers Heat And Warmth In Fire \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small The Instance Artist} Dear, Also, The Tree That Was Felled \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small The Poet} Where It Watches the Slow Hours Progress \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small The Musician} Beholden To The Heat Of The Lamps \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small The Child} And We Are The Motes In The Stage-Lights \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small The Narrator's Friend} Time Is A Finger Pointing At Itself \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small The Blue Fairy} I Remember The Rattle Of Dry Grass \newpage \phantom{\Large \DisplayFont \underline{Dramatis Personae}} \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\underline{Others}} \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small Her Lover} Farai \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small The Dog} Scout Among Weird Skunks With Good Kettlecorn \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small His Elder} Tomash \vspace{0.7em} {\DisplayFont\small The Rabbit-Chaser} \fbox{\rule{1in}{0pt}\rule[0.2ex]{0pt}{1.1ex}} (called ``Scout Chasing Rabbits'') \vfill And, of course, you, my dear, \emph{dear} reader. \end{center} \mainmatter \onehalfspacing \pagestyle{empty} \cleardoublepage \null \vfill \begin{quote} People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. But you are life and you are the veil. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror. — Kahlil Gibran\label{prophet} \end{quote} % And am I born to die?\\ % To lay this body down!\\ % And must my trembling spirit fly\\ % into a world unknown?\\ % A land of deepest shade;\\ % Unpierced by human thought.\\ % The dreary regions of the dead,\\ % Where all things are forgot. % % Soon as from earth I go,\\ % What will become of me? % \end{verse} % % — Charles Wesley \vfill \cleardoublepage \pagestyle{ourbook} %\doublespacing \Char{End Of Endings — 2403\par ×\par Rye — 2409} \markboth{Idumea}{Madison Rye Progress} \addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Idumea} \chapter*{} \input{content/001} \secdiv \input{content/002} \secdiv \input{content/003} \secdiv \input{content/004} \secdiv \input{content/005} \secdiv \input{content/006} \secdiv \input{content/007} \secdiv \input{content/008} \secdiv \input{content/009} \input{graphomania}\normalfont \newpage \null \cleardoublepage \null \vfill \begin{center} \Huge ×\label{x} \end{center} \vfill \cleardoublepage \backmatter %\singlespacing \Char{Afterword} \input{content/afterword} \end{document}