Artforgery Stories

Red Herring: A fallacy in which an irrelevant topic is presented in order to divert attention from the original issue. Sebastian لص (Lys) has been living many, many lives, one after the other, for almost 15 years, on the run from two simple truths. He is Sebastian Lys, not Jimmy Faraday, or Samuel Cooper, or even Sir Oliver Claeson. And the Sins Of The Father do, quite often, Damn the Son.

The Contessa and her confederates had a good scam going. They invented a Renaissance artist, "discovered" him, and are now selling his art. She's settled down to a good life -- a villa in the Florentine countryside, money enough, no cares. Until a buyer has started to ask questions. Uncomfortable ones. And her confederates begin to feel the pressure. And what was once a tight-knit crew has begun to fall apart. And the Contessa has been forced to take some extreme measures....