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Pastiche
A pastiche is a work of literature that openly imitates the work of a previous artist, sometimes with the intent of satire.
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This business with Sir Magnus Pye had got off to an inauspicious start. It was one thing to be stabbed in your own home—but to be decapitated with a medieval sword the moment darkness fell was quite simply outrageous. Saxby-on-Avon was such a quiet place! Yes, there had been that business with the cleaner, the woman who had tripped up and fallen down the stairs, but this was something else again. Could it really be true that one of the villagers, living in a Georgian house perhaps, going to chur
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― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
“
Cashewblai Pecan was a mighty conqueror, much as his grandsire Genghis had been.
Under his yasa, all roadways were safe for travelers and honest men.
‘Twas by many a wise tongue said,
That a maiden with a golden vessel on her head,
Might walk alone without fear or dread.
From the great eastern sea all the way to Mesopotamia,
Such was the promise of the Pax Macadamia!
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― The Zodiac Quest: A LitRPG Adventure
― The Zodiac Quest: A LitRPG Adventure
