

It was a summer job, and a little outdated. Why anyone still needed a dark room was beyond him. But he took it, easy money for the privilege of working alone in the dark. Developing old forgotten photos from rolls of film left in boxes or the like was, most of the time, boring. Family photo. Wedding photo. First birthday. First day of school. Boring, banal, brainless, bland. Till he found her. The mystery woman, lying there, beautiful and serene, enigmatic, and erotic. Captured in a moment of serene ecstasy, lost to time but he would never forget. . -Master Gardwin, *The Darkroom*