By day Daniel is a middle manager in a boring job that he hates, but every night he logs into the Mirrorverse- an immersive computer simulation where anything is possible- and lives out his fantasies as breakdancing librarian Lemonade Julius. When a mysterious patron visits his virtual reference desk with an unusual question, however, both his real and digital lives are thrown into chaos. Can Daniel disentangle what is real from what is imaginary before it is too late? A 23,000 word novella in the style of Ready Player One, Reference is the fifth installment in "L is for Librarian," a science fiction anthology featuring libraries and librarians.