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iii. There are no protocols for plotting to kill the King, so Alise talks about killing the King, whispers her plan in the Queen’s ear while they lie tangled in the Queen’s marital bed, Alise’s fingers tracing bruises that should not be there.

missed his mouth; tongue slipped in

but to live in that dusty old apartment house... crawling with Satanists

In this episode of Critical Friends , the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, AJ Odasso and Electra Pritchett join Dan Hartland to talk about popular fiction.

We’re especially happy to announce some new appointments at the Reviews Department.