The Stories of 
the Ars Conservationtis Humanitatis

A series of stories about a monastic community 300 years in the future. The community has been isolated in a geodesic dome. The world outside is barren. Their climate is self-sustaining. Within the dome, all of the knowledge of humankind has been collected and stored. The monks are the custodians of a allegorical ark of knowledge, propelled by faith and purpose.

The Magnificat

A monastic community 300 years in the future charged with protecting the artifacts of human knowledge faces a crisis of faith.

From: drmccarthy

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The Apprentice Custodian

Sometime in the future, an order of monks is sequestered in a vast library, charged with the task of conserving the artifacts that comprise the essence of being human. This one story of ...

From: drmccarthy

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