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The Game of 100 Candles by Marie Brennan
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The Game of 100 Candles

The demon-vanquishing samurai, Asako Sekken and Agasha no Isao Ryotora, are summoned to Winter Court. Their exploits with the Spirit Realms have taken a toll on the pair and the cut and thrust of Rokugani politics proves challenging. After being urged to share their tales of adventure, the Winter Court guests begin to fall into a deep sleep from which they cannot wake . . .

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News and Site Updates

Another Rook & Rose short fiction sale: “The Merchant With No Coin” will be coming out from Flash Point SF!

03/08/2023

The first of three (!) novels I’m publishing this year is out now: The Game of 100 Candles, sequel to The Night Parade of 100 Demons!

03/07/2023

Lots of stories recently! “Constant Ivan and Clever Natalya” at Beneath Ceaseless Skies (with audio by yours truly), “Silver Necklace, Golden Ring” at Uncanny, and “Guidelines for Using the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library” at Lightspeed, plus the sale of “A Mighty Huntress” to Frivolous Comma!

02/16/2023

From the Journal

New Worlds: Death Sentences

I promise the New Worlds Patreon will get less grim very soon now . . . but before then, we have to talk about capital punishment. Comment over there . . .

03-24-2023 10:00 AM
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New Worlds: Torture

Rather dark material this week on the New Worlds Patreon, as we look at the (regrettably) long history and wide use of torture, especially for interrogation purposes. If you’re up for that subject, then comment over there.

03-17-2023 10:00 AM
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My Half-Electrified Life

Yesterday the Bay Area experienced a lot of really high winds, and to absolutely nobody’s surprise, a lot of places lost power. We . . . lost half of our power. As in, half the rooms have electricity, and half do not. Which is a thing I didn’t know could happen until yesterday! Current theory […]

03-15-2023 12:48 PM
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