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On Being Chaotic More Effectively
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Stone and Sky: How Andor Made Star Wars Feel Real
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Marginal by Tom Carlisle
In many ways, it’s hard to imagine a world which hadn’t experienced John W.
The Last Song of Penelope By Claire North
This is the last book in North’s ‘Songs of Penelope’ series, telling the
The Country Under Heaven by Frederic S. Durbin
Evocative. Eerie. Mythic. Down-right weird. I could say all these things, and more, about The
The Witch of Wol Sin Lake by Lena Jeong
As long as the Netherking inhabits her brother’s body, Mirae cannot strike the final blow
Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
It has taken long and arduous research, but Professor Emily Wilde thinks she has finally found a
Senseless by Ronald Malfi
As a teenager, Detective William Renney survived a snakebite, which gave him a healthy respect for