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The House That Fought, Jenny Schwartz 14 December 2024

2020 fantasy, final volume of its trilogy. There's a huge, world-shaking event going on… but is intervening even the right thing to do?

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The Librarian of Crooked Lane, C. J. Archer 13 December 2024

1920 mystery with very mild fantasy elements. Sylvia Ashe lost her job as a journalist when all the men came back from the War, but stumbles into a job with a magical library.

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Thinner Than Water, Elizabeth Ferrars 12 December 2024

1981 mystery. Virginia Freer runs into an old friend who's planning to get married; she knew him during the breakup of his previous marriage. Several people are going to die…

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Beyond the Fringe, Miles Cameron 11 December 2024

2023 SF, short fiction in the Arcana Imperii series. Various people work for the DHC (the relatively "good" human government) to find out what's happening in the breakaway mini-empire of New Texas.

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Notes on Mongoose's Bayern 1: The Wanderer 10 December 2024

This is part of an ongoing series about the preparations I've made to run Mongoose's revised edition of the Bayern campaign for 2300AD. Spoilers for Interlude 1.

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Lady Killer, Ed McBain 09 December 2024 - 2 comments

1958 police procedural, seventh in the 87th Precinct series. The 87th gets a note: "I will kill the lady tonight at 8. What can you do about it?"

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The Weekly Challenge 298: Whatever You Do, Be Maximally Right 08 December 2024

I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved various sorts of array hunting. (Note that this ends today.)

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Notes on Mongoose's Bayern 0: Setup and Character Generation 07 December 2024 - 4 comments

I've recently started to run Mongoose's revised version of the 2300AD campaign Bayern, after having obtained it in a Bundle of Holding. Here are some notes I've made to add to the published materials. There are no spoilers here, though there may be in future instalments which deal with specific scenarios.

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Why is Nothing Ever Simple?, Jodi Taylor 06 December 2024

2019 science fiction novella, in the Chronicles of St Mary's series (time travel). Ian Guthrie is retiring as Head of Security at St Mary's, but first goes on one last jump…

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Neighbourly Games 2 December 05 December 2024

More gaming with nearby friends.

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