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The kicker: Everything is juuuuust a smidge off plumb.

Lilium Saffron Dewbell, Part Three
You’ve seen Part One. You’ve seen Part Two. Can you handle Part Three? (h/t Charles)

Historical fiction should be distinguishable from somebody’s digital scrapbook.
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Whoops, didn’t see that “thriller” on the cover and thought it was my new geography textbook.

Leave it to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (the credited authors) to make a scholarly dissection of a historical novel look like a UFO conspiracy rant. (h/t Curtis)