The Inverter Cycle β€” Opening Epigraph

For all three books (WILDFLOWER, TALLY, SIGNAL)


Paint a pixel perfect, put pain inject your pattern.
Kill the kindred kingpin, build seal with sin Saturn.
Finish faultless, flourish, flower with a fine fixture…
Paint a picture perfect.

β€” K. Richards, Editor at Large


β€œThe first words in all this I take credit for completely.”


Placement

This epigraph appears at the very beginning of each book in The Inverter Cycle trilogy:

  1. WILDFLOWER: The Inverter Cycle β€” Book One
  2. TALLY: The Inverter Cycle β€” Book Two
  3. SIGNAL: The Inverter Cycle β€” Book Three

Preceding all other content including title pages, dedications, and prefaces.


File created: March 16, 2026 Source: Kristopher Richards β€” handwritten, human-authored, no AI assistance