Violet Flies Again

I got blitzed by a thunderstorm last night, otherwise I would have been able to put up the vital second half of Chapter 5 of Queen of the Iron Sands.

"On Martian Wings" concludes! God god, is it a long one! Six thousand more words. . . it's got lyin'! It's got explainin'! It's got flyin'! It's got shootin'!


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"Is wearing someone else's mask a fashion no-no around here?" I asked.

"The punishment is death by starvation," said Gathris. "While strung up in an agony web."

"Boys," I said, "you may b...