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I can now conclude that not even being a ghost will keep Victorians from their commitments.

She ended up in Detroit through the Nevernever and she's complaining about the distance to fucking NEW ORLEANS?!?!?! Reviews were right this bitch is dense.

Clearly I had much worse taste in middle school.

Diving back into it.

We're meeting Ironhorse and he promptly explains his entire purpose. At least his knowing her implies that Meghan's running her mouth has led to word spreading like wildfire around the Nevernever. More should've been done with that tho.

GET ON WITH IT!!!!!

The correct plural of phenomena. I think historically I loved this book for that as well. So many UFO books use "phenomenon" when they mean "phenomena" and it drives me up a wall.

I can't help but bear in mind Bob Scheaffer's very, very low opinion of Kean. He thinks her belief in spirit materialization or whatever is inherently disqualifying. He should do her the same courtesy I'm doing him (respecting his UFO work while vehemently disagreeing with his views on women). It'd be the grown-up thing to do.

I never finished this the first time and forgot where I was, but my new year's resolutions include reading some of the books I have in piles around my house.

I hate it. I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it.

I'm gonna skip this one on purpose.

"The Ladies' Society for the Dead" is fine. It's good. It's on-par. It isn't a standout, but at least it isn't disappointing or weird.

"Candy Cane" is the worst one yet.

TFW the boyfriend in Thaw hits every single asshole talking point in under a minute. I hope he dies by snowman tbh.

Not a fan of how the lesson of "Wintry Blue" was "how fucking dare you try to defend yourself". Real "if you kill him you'll be just as bad as him" vibes.

Do I detect some inspiration from White Winter Hymnal?

Putting a damper on a creepy premise with a bad ending is one thing, but saying gay men are literally eating babies is another thing entirely. Who allowed this?! Lindy Ryan?! Not the first asshole Lindy I've ever heard of.

Now I'm scared of cardboard boxes.

We stan a fairy tale villager fighting against an evil witch and winning.

Love how the TARDIS decided to be a police box so the Doctor and Susan could find her if there was any trouble. That was so cute.

"Since we are born with every answer, we burn with the need for every question."

Something a little bit funky happened to my cover. Not sure if it's a me thing or it happened during transit or what, but some of the letters in the corner are getting rubbed off. I can still understand them but uh... not great.

We've moved firmly into the delightfully creepy! I think the one about the closet is what The Mawkin Field wishes it could be.

Another story in 2nd POV. I was willing to forgive it due to the extremely spooky concept but then there was that bullshit ending. At least the next one has a proper mc.

We're off to a meh start. I generally dislike second person perspective, I feel like I'm being bossed around by the story. Maybe tweaking "The Mouthless Body in the Lake" to be either first or third would've been more effective.

"Law was a fragile thing, and it changed depending on where you stood. Right and wrong, and kindness and mercy, on the other hand, were portable, durable, and in the Doctor’s opinion, valid just about everywhere."