Fantasy
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
2007·83 pages
A Baghdad merchant discovers a time-travel device, grappling with fate and past mistakes in a lyrical fantasy tale.
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A Baghdad merchant discovers a time-travel device, grappling with fate and past mistakes in a lyrical fantasy tale.
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In medieval Baghdad, a merchant obtains an audience with the caliph to apprise him of a merchant-alchemist who has created doors between past and future. A Baghdad merchant, who discovers an alchemical device that can send him back in time twenty years, tries to return to an earlier time to save his long-dead wife.
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Sexual content
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No sexual content depicted.
Violence & gore
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Minor mentions of death; no graphic violence described.
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language present.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation present.
Religious content
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Minor religious framing with Islamic cultural context in medieval Baghdad.
Magic & witchcraft
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Moderate focus on alchemical time-travel device; framed as fantastical science.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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No political or ideological messaging present.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide themes present.
Abuse & suffering
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Minor themes of personal loss and regret; no explicit abuse shown.
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