Implement 13: Book One

by Xanthippe Svanstrom (Author, Illustrator)

Three girls without memories to call their own immerse themselves in the trappings of a romanticised yore: vintage frocks and antique bric-a-brac; classic film, jazz-age jazz, and archaic slang. Very soon, the past in which they frolic and play-act comes to claim them in a way most unexpected.

144 pages, Trade Paperback

First published August 28, 2008

About the author

Xanthippe Svanström’s work thus far—which fits loosely into the Fantasy/Science Fiction category, though tainted by a hue and flavour of murder mysteries from a bygone age—has appeared in zines and anthologies published by independent presses in the US, UK, and Norway. The Angel and The Reaper, her first novella, was self-produced and published, as was the initial instalment of her serialised novel Implement 13. The material of the intended series is currently being reworked into a different media format that includes early incarnations of books two and three. Miss Svanström illustrated The Angel and The Reaper as well as Implement 13, using traditional media (pen and ink). '

All of her written work is in a mix of British and American English.


Xan and her forever partner Gus thrive in LOVE and Portland, Oregon of the Stateside Colonies with six fantastic cats.

Excursions into nature, gaming and game development, 1930s fashion, music, and film, infosec, living the paradox of simultaneous multiplicity and infinite oneness, and playing at cards all find facets on the infinite gem of Xan's existence.