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Tea 🍵
Sewing 🪡 and crochet 🧶
Sci-fi/fantasy 📚 and occasionally whatever else piques my fancy
Snow bunny
Tea 🍵
Sewing 🪡 and crochet 🧶
Sci-fi/fantasy 📚 and occasionally whatever else piques my fancy
Snow bunny
📚🪐Pretty sure this was a scifi feed rec. And after a handful of characters that aren't as smart as they think they are, Bob is a refreshingly intelligent nerd with horrible people skills and a job at an agency that doesn't officially exist doing IT work.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
📚🪐Pretty sure this was a scifi feed rec. And after a handful of characters that aren't as smart as they think they are, Bob is a refreshingly intelligent nerd with horrible people skills and a job at an agency that doesn't officially exist doing IT work.
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Based on the note in the beginning, I believe this is at least loosely based on the 3 musketeers... Which I have somehow escaped consuming in any form, so I'm afraid I can't comment on that aspect.
It is, however, a wonderful story on its own merits with a big mystery.
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Based on the note in the beginning, I believe this is at least loosely based on the 3 musketeers... Which I have somehow escaped consuming in any form, so I'm afraid I can't comment on that aspect.
It is, however, a wonderful story on its own merits with a big mystery.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Based on the note in the beginning, I believe this is at least loosely based on the 3 musketeers... Which I have somehow escaped consuming in any form, so I'm afraid I can't comment on that aspect.
It is, however, a wonderful story on its own merits with a big mystery.
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Based on the note in the beginning, I believe this is at least loosely based on the 3 musketeers... Which I have somehow escaped consuming in any form, so I'm afraid I can't comment on that aspect.
It is, however, a wonderful story on its own merits with a big mystery.
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First off, love the content warnings (see second image). Second, what a lovely nail biting wrap up to this series that is surprisingly spicy. It is not surprisingly queer, but rather delightfully so.
If you've not read the series, think of it as a twist on sleeping beauty...
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First off, love the content warnings (see second image). Second, what a lovely nail biting wrap up to this series that is surprisingly spicy. It is not surprisingly queer, but rather delightfully so.
If you've not read the series, think of it as a twist on sleeping beauty...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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First off, love the content warnings (see second image). Second, what a lovely nail biting wrap up to this series that is surprisingly spicy. It is not surprisingly queer, but rather delightfully so.
If you've not read the series, think of it as a twist on sleeping beauty...
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First off, love the content warnings (see second image). Second, what a lovely nail biting wrap up to this series that is surprisingly spicy. It is not surprisingly queer, but rather delightfully so.
If you've not read the series, think of it as a twist on sleeping beauty...
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Choui Fung's Ryan Zhi oolong from Chang Rai, Thailand. Award winning oolong that I have a huge thing of and complicated emotions about :p
Light honey and floral fragrance and flavor. May have had more nuance if I'd opened it sooner (the bag is dated 2020).
Light honey and floral fragrance and flavor. May have had more nuance if I'd opened it sooner (the bag is dated 2020).
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Choui Fung's Ryan Zhi oolong from Chang Rai, Thailand. Award winning oolong that I have a huge thing of and complicated emotions about :p
Light honey and floral fragrance and flavor. May have had more nuance if I'd opened it sooner (the bag is dated 2020).
Light honey and floral fragrance and flavor. May have had more nuance if I'd opened it sooner (the bag is dated 2020).
🪐📚 If you're familiar with Bishop's work, this is fairly similar in tone to her Others series. If you're not, this is a dark fairytale with all that entails, but there is also a keen sense of justice under the surface.
As her writing is frequently dark, check the content warnings for Bishop's work
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As her writing is frequently dark, check the content warnings for Bishop's work
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November 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
🪐📚 If you're familiar with Bishop's work, this is fairly similar in tone to her Others series. If you're not, this is a dark fairytale with all that entails, but there is also a keen sense of justice under the surface.
As her writing is frequently dark, check the content warnings for Bishop's work
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As her writing is frequently dark, check the content warnings for Bishop's work
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Slowly working my way through all the smoked samples I got from w2t.
Laocong Lapsun isn't super smoke forward, despite being stored with a bunch of v smokey teas.
It's really hard for me to describe the flavor, but maybe a light cinnamon and friut. It's pleasant, but hard to describe.
#tea
Laocong Lapsun isn't super smoke forward, despite being stored with a bunch of v smokey teas.
It's really hard for me to describe the flavor, but maybe a light cinnamon and friut. It's pleasant, but hard to describe.
#tea
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Slowly working my way through all the smoked samples I got from w2t.
Laocong Lapsun isn't super smoke forward, despite being stored with a bunch of v smokey teas.
It's really hard for me to describe the flavor, but maybe a light cinnamon and friut. It's pleasant, but hard to describe.
#tea
Laocong Lapsun isn't super smoke forward, despite being stored with a bunch of v smokey teas.
It's really hard for me to describe the flavor, but maybe a light cinnamon and friut. It's pleasant, but hard to describe.
#tea
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A trickster doing as tricksters do gifts a peach of immortality to a kind young woman. Centuries unfold before her with great good and great evil and the trickster is always there at the edges.
I'd hesitate to call this a romance, although there are elements of it that slowly unfold.
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A trickster doing as tricksters do gifts a peach of immortality to a kind young woman. Centuries unfold before her with great good and great evil and the trickster is always there at the edges.
I'd hesitate to call this a romance, although there are elements of it that slowly unfold.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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A trickster doing as tricksters do gifts a peach of immortality to a kind young woman. Centuries unfold before her with great good and great evil and the trickster is always there at the edges.
I'd hesitate to call this a romance, although there are elements of it that slowly unfold.
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A trickster doing as tricksters do gifts a peach of immortality to a kind young woman. Centuries unfold before her with great good and great evil and the trickster is always there at the edges.
I'd hesitate to call this a romance, although there are elements of it that slowly unfold.
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Glad I tried this spinoff novella/short of the Pac Arcana series because it got me interested in the first book again. Pretty sure I didn't finish it last time because it's got some pretty nasty bits (read the trigger warnings on these ones). I always enjoy a take on the hidden supernatural
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Glad I tried this spinoff novella/short of the Pac Arcana series because it got me interested in the first book again. Pretty sure I didn't finish it last time because it's got some pretty nasty bits (read the trigger warnings on these ones). I always enjoy a take on the hidden supernatural
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November 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Glad I tried this spinoff novella/short of the Pac Arcana series because it got me interested in the first book again. Pretty sure I didn't finish it last time because it's got some pretty nasty bits (read the trigger warnings on these ones). I always enjoy a take on the hidden supernatural
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Glad I tried this spinoff novella/short of the Pac Arcana series because it got me interested in the first book again. Pretty sure I didn't finish it last time because it's got some pretty nasty bits (read the trigger warnings on these ones). I always enjoy a take on the hidden supernatural
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Bit of a different sort of review. But we're talking #cookbooks because I found out that Beard on Bread is still in print. Mine was bought secondhand.
This is such a lovely and thoughtful introduction to bread making as well as a wonderful recipe book for more experienced bakers.
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This is such a lovely and thoughtful introduction to bread making as well as a wonderful recipe book for more experienced bakers.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Bit of a different sort of review. But we're talking #cookbooks because I found out that Beard on Bread is still in print. Mine was bought secondhand.
This is such a lovely and thoughtful introduction to bread making as well as a wonderful recipe book for more experienced bakers.
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This is such a lovely and thoughtful introduction to bread making as well as a wonderful recipe book for more experienced bakers.
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Another reread, but we all know I like Garth Nix by this point, so not surprising. This is a weird little scifi coming of age that proves he understands the genre very well.
We've got space battles and mega empires and the true saving grace of any man, love.
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Another reread, but we all know I like Garth Nix by this point, so not surprising. This is a weird little scifi coming of age that proves he understands the genre very well.
We've got space battles and mega empires and the true saving grace of any man, love.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Another reread, but we all know I like Garth Nix by this point, so not surprising. This is a weird little scifi coming of age that proves he understands the genre very well.
We've got space battles and mega empires and the true saving grace of any man, love.
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Another reread, but we all know I like Garth Nix by this point, so not surprising. This is a weird little scifi coming of age that proves he understands the genre very well.
We've got space battles and mega empires and the true saving grace of any man, love.
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This one took me a bit to finish, but the main character is really anxious (which is reasonable) and was making me anxious so I was mincing my way through.
Technically third in the series, but you could probably read it as a standalone and not be too confused.
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This one took me a bit to finish, but the main character is really anxious (which is reasonable) and was making me anxious so I was mincing my way through.
Technically third in the series, but you could probably read it as a standalone and not be too confused.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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This one took me a bit to finish, but the main character is really anxious (which is reasonable) and was making me anxious so I was mincing my way through.
Technically third in the series, but you could probably read it as a standalone and not be too confused.
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This one took me a bit to finish, but the main character is really anxious (which is reasonable) and was making me anxious so I was mincing my way through.
Technically third in the series, but you could probably read it as a standalone and not be too confused.
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20/ final sort of spooky season reads post
Listen, we've got the creepy not-children-children and a desert where you don't always come out the same, as well as humans fighting horrors beyond their comprehension, the argument for spooky season writes itself. It's a really good book, too.
Listen, we've got the creepy not-children-children and a desert where you don't always come out the same, as well as humans fighting horrors beyond their comprehension, the argument for spooky season writes itself. It's a really good book, too.
November 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
20/ final sort of spooky season reads post
Listen, we've got the creepy not-children-children and a desert where you don't always come out the same, as well as humans fighting horrors beyond their comprehension, the argument for spooky season writes itself. It's a really good book, too.
Listen, we've got the creepy not-children-children and a desert where you don't always come out the same, as well as humans fighting horrors beyond their comprehension, the argument for spooky season writes itself. It's a really good book, too.
Crocheter here - It sort of depends on the pattern IMHO. I've done one that has more shaping and looks more like a traditional cardigan (sea salt top, cardigan variation, wip). And one that's lacy and a bit oversized that's more drapey (viola cardigan)
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Crocheter here - It sort of depends on the pattern IMHO. I've done one that has more shaping and looks more like a traditional cardigan (sea salt top, cardigan variation, wip). And one that's lacy and a bit oversized that's more drapey (viola cardigan)
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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For our penultimate spooky season book, we've got my current read... Which is on here for spoiler-y reasons involving alien life, cults, messed up dolphins, memories, and perhaps most of all - the melding plague. The entire plot is a mystery wrapped in an enigma that slowly unfolds.
For our penultimate spooky season book, we've got my current read... Which is on here for spoiler-y reasons involving alien life, cults, messed up dolphins, memories, and perhaps most of all - the melding plague. The entire plot is a mystery wrapped in an enigma that slowly unfolds.
October 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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For our penultimate spooky season book, we've got my current read... Which is on here for spoiler-y reasons involving alien life, cults, messed up dolphins, memories, and perhaps most of all - the melding plague. The entire plot is a mystery wrapped in an enigma that slowly unfolds.
For our penultimate spooky season book, we've got my current read... Which is on here for spoiler-y reasons involving alien life, cults, messed up dolphins, memories, and perhaps most of all - the melding plague. The entire plot is a mystery wrapped in an enigma that slowly unfolds.
Like this ⬇️, sometimes writing out descriptions is hard. You can move your index finger up and down or pinch with the thumb on your palm to control how taught the yarn is. Amigurumi requires a fairly tight tension, which can take time to learn how to do.
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Like this ⬇️, sometimes writing out descriptions is hard. You can move your index finger up and down or pinch with the thumb on your palm to control how taught the yarn is. Amigurumi requires a fairly tight tension, which can take time to learn how to do.
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... This is an interesting one. A lot of what makes it that is spoilers, but it does a good job of breaking down the senseless and absurd nature of war. It made me laugh and almost made me cry and I think it made some really interesting points about life and aging.
... This is an interesting one. A lot of what makes it that is spoilers, but it does a good job of breaking down the senseless and absurd nature of war. It made me laugh and almost made me cry and I think it made some really interesting points about life and aging.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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... This is an interesting one. A lot of what makes it that is spoilers, but it does a good job of breaking down the senseless and absurd nature of war. It made me laugh and almost made me cry and I think it made some really interesting points about life and aging.
... This is an interesting one. A lot of what makes it that is spoilers, but it does a good job of breaking down the senseless and absurd nature of war. It made me laugh and almost made me cry and I think it made some really interesting points about life and aging.
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Three words for this one - spooky mysterious forest. But also fae, deep time, curses(?), and a bit of a fop who wants to document the woods and be helpful. Nothing goes to plan of course.
Three words for this one - spooky mysterious forest. But also fae, deep time, curses(?), and a bit of a fop who wants to document the woods and be helpful. Nothing goes to plan of course.
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Three words for this one - spooky mysterious forest. But also fae, deep time, curses(?), and a bit of a fop who wants to document the woods and be helpful. Nothing goes to plan of course.
Three words for this one - spooky mysterious forest. But also fae, deep time, curses(?), and a bit of a fop who wants to document the woods and be helpful. Nothing goes to plan of course.
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A mureder in an out of the way abbey, strange gods who just might answer a call, and things that come crawling out of the ocean, for justice they say.
Divinity meets the addiction of classic detectives.
This is both an unsettling and comfortable story about answered prayers.
A mureder in an out of the way abbey, strange gods who just might answer a call, and things that come crawling out of the ocean, for justice they say.
Divinity meets the addiction of classic detectives.
This is both an unsettling and comfortable story about answered prayers.
October 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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A mureder in an out of the way abbey, strange gods who just might answer a call, and things that come crawling out of the ocean, for justice they say.
Divinity meets the addiction of classic detectives.
This is both an unsettling and comfortable story about answered prayers.
A mureder in an out of the way abbey, strange gods who just might answer a call, and things that come crawling out of the ocean, for justice they say.
Divinity meets the addiction of classic detectives.
This is both an unsettling and comfortable story about answered prayers.
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Confession time - I've not actually finished this one. Maybe someday.
It's on the list for spooky treasure troves and space pirates. It's been a while since I started it, but it had sort of a treasure planet vibe initially, before turning darker.
Confession time - I've not actually finished this one. Maybe someday.
It's on the list for spooky treasure troves and space pirates. It's been a while since I started it, but it had sort of a treasure planet vibe initially, before turning darker.
October 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Confession time - I've not actually finished this one. Maybe someday.
It's on the list for spooky treasure troves and space pirates. It's been a while since I started it, but it had sort of a treasure planet vibe initially, before turning darker.
Confession time - I've not actually finished this one. Maybe someday.
It's on the list for spooky treasure troves and space pirates. It's been a while since I started it, but it had sort of a treasure planet vibe initially, before turning darker.
Lapsun by white2tea is an absolutely exquisite smoked tea. I'd recommend a couple of tea balls to someone who wanted to try smoked tea as you can get a very light smoke flavor with gungfu style short steeps and more smoke with longer steeps. It's sweet and nuanced and delicious.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Lapsun by white2tea is an absolutely exquisite smoked tea. I'd recommend a couple of tea balls to someone who wanted to try smoked tea as you can get a very light smoke flavor with gungfu style short steeps and more smoke with longer steeps. It's sweet and nuanced and delicious.
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So I know Seanan writes horror as Mira Grant and I've not read it, as I'm generally not much of a horror fan. Instead I bring you a different option perfect for spooky season.
We have ghosts and haunts, men that won't die, cars that aren't quite cars anymore, and a visit to the ghost roads.
So I know Seanan writes horror as Mira Grant and I've not read it, as I'm generally not much of a horror fan. Instead I bring you a different option perfect for spooky season.
We have ghosts and haunts, men that won't die, cars that aren't quite cars anymore, and a visit to the ghost roads.
October 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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So I know Seanan writes horror as Mira Grant and I've not read it, as I'm generally not much of a horror fan. Instead I bring you a different option perfect for spooky season.
We have ghosts and haunts, men that won't die, cars that aren't quite cars anymore, and a visit to the ghost roads.
So I know Seanan writes horror as Mira Grant and I've not read it, as I'm generally not much of a horror fan. Instead I bring you a different option perfect for spooky season.
We have ghosts and haunts, men that won't die, cars that aren't quite cars anymore, and a visit to the ghost roads.
I find unless they're really chunky like a furls or something similar, they don't do much for me. I'll attach a picture of my one lace hook for reference.
Compression gloves may also help.
Compression gloves may also help.
October 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I find unless they're really chunky like a furls or something similar, they don't do much for me. I'll attach a picture of my one lace hook for reference.
Compression gloves may also help.
Compression gloves may also help.
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A recent re-read, as iirc someone on the SFF feed compared this to Haldeman's The Forever War and I've now read both. And yeah, they both capture the out of place-ness of a soldier.
This goes a step further and highlights the dawning realization of the futility of war.. it feels very timely
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A recent re-read, as iirc someone on the SFF feed compared this to Haldeman's The Forever War and I've now read both. And yeah, they both capture the out of place-ness of a soldier.
This goes a step further and highlights the dawning realization of the futility of war.. it feels very timely
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October 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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A recent re-read, as iirc someone on the SFF feed compared this to Haldeman's The Forever War and I've now read both. And yeah, they both capture the out of place-ness of a soldier.
This goes a step further and highlights the dawning realization of the futility of war.. it feels very timely
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A recent re-read, as iirc someone on the SFF feed compared this to Haldeman's The Forever War and I've now read both. And yeah, they both capture the out of place-ness of a soldier.
This goes a step further and highlights the dawning realization of the futility of war.. it feels very timely
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So we've mentioned this one already this year, but what's more spooky season than the undead, a necromancer, and a wager with Satan? Complete with a moral conundrum and circus acts, this one will keep you guessing and worrying. Also includes unspeakable horrors in the sideshow tent.
So we've mentioned this one already this year, but what's more spooky season than the undead, a necromancer, and a wager with Satan? Complete with a moral conundrum and circus acts, this one will keep you guessing and worrying. Also includes unspeakable horrors in the sideshow tent.
October 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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So we've mentioned this one already this year, but what's more spooky season than the undead, a necromancer, and a wager with Satan? Complete with a moral conundrum and circus acts, this one will keep you guessing and worrying. Also includes unspeakable horrors in the sideshow tent.
So we've mentioned this one already this year, but what's more spooky season than the undead, a necromancer, and a wager with Satan? Complete with a moral conundrum and circus acts, this one will keep you guessing and worrying. Also includes unspeakable horrors in the sideshow tent.
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Not horror, but so many content warnings. The author generally writes horror and it shows. We've got personal hellscapes, ritual sacrifice, and familiars that should probably qualify as Eldritch beings.
I do have a soft spot for it as the series is primarily located in Ohio.
Not horror, but so many content warnings. The author generally writes horror and it shows. We've got personal hellscapes, ritual sacrifice, and familiars that should probably qualify as Eldritch beings.
I do have a soft spot for it as the series is primarily located in Ohio.
October 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Not horror, but so many content warnings. The author generally writes horror and it shows. We've got personal hellscapes, ritual sacrifice, and familiars that should probably qualify as Eldritch beings.
I do have a soft spot for it as the series is primarily located in Ohio.
Not horror, but so many content warnings. The author generally writes horror and it shows. We've got personal hellscapes, ritual sacrifice, and familiars that should probably qualify as Eldritch beings.
I do have a soft spot for it as the series is primarily located in Ohio.