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Wiki: "She reeled the varieties off, ending with a Knickerbocker Glory."

07. Portrait of a Disciplinarian, 3 stars. Grouchy young man grudgingly goes to visit his old nurse, only to meet his equally miserable ex-fiance.
08. The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer, 2 stars. Famous photographer refuses to takes pictures of ugly people, falls in love with an ugly girl glimpsed in passing.
09. Honeysuckle Cottage, 4 stars. [2018]

04. The Bishop's Move, 3 stars. Headmaster and Bishop relive their pranking days after guzzling some Buck-U-Uppo.
05. Came the Dawn, 3 stars. Nephew abruptly falls in love with gold digger, is sadly lacking in funds.
06. The Story of William, 3 stars. Woman is easily impressed by braggart's tall tales, driving the less dramatic Mulliner suitor to drink.

Wiki: "...wearing on his head, in place of the seedy old wide-awake which usually adorned it, a glistening top hat."

01. The Truth about George, 3 stars. Young man tries to cure his stutter to propose to his intended.
02. A Slice of Life, 3 stars. Inventor is convinced his fiance is being held against her will, takes a job to free her.
03. Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo, 4 stars. Timid young curate grows balls of steel after taking an experimental tonic.

07. The Birthday of the World, 4 stars. Incestuous religious monarchy falls apart when a brother tries to usurp the throne, aliens turn up at the worst time possible.
08. Paradises Lost, 5 stars. Multi-generational exploration colony ship develops a troubling new religion that clashes with the mission's intention of living on a new planet.

04. Mountain Ways, 3 stars. A marriage based on a lie falters, only one bossy person is happy with the arrangement.
05. Solitude, 4 stars. Scientists can't make any progress on a planet where adults self isolate, woman brings her children to gather information.
06. Old Music and the Slave Women, 3 stars. Outsider is shuffled around factions in a civil war, the innocent suffer for the convictions of the powerful.

Wiki: "Thus the College Mystery, like that of the celebrated case of the Marie Celeste, seems likely to remain forever unsolved."

Word: "...the bloodhound had sniffed and fossicked its delicate way through thick dusty scrub..."

1. To search for gold by digging out crevices with knife or pick, or by working in washing-places and abandoned workings in the hope of finding particles or small nuggets overlooked by others.

2. To rummage or hunt about; to search.

3. To dig out, to hunt up (something).

01. Coming of Age in Karhide, 3 stars. Complicated feelings experienced by a three gendered race reaching sexual maturity.
02. The Matter of Seggri, 3 stars. Matriarchal society uses men as pretty (intellectually useless) cattle, is slow to change after alien influence.
03. Unchosen Love, 4 stars. The complexities of a four person three way marriage setup, the pain of being pressured by a controlling partner.

21. Non-Zero Probabilities, 3 stars. Luck in NY has intensified, the odds are skewed to the unlikely.
22. Sinners, Saints, Dragons, and Haints, in the City Beneath the Still Waters, 3 stars. Man does what he can for his neighbors after a hurricane, befriends a lizard.

19. Too Many Yesterdays, Not Enough Tomorrows, 3 stars. People chat online after a time loop apocalypse.
20. The You Train, 2 stars. Dissatisfied yet completely passive woman whines to her friend about her job and transportation issues.

16. On the Banks of the River Lex, 3 stars. Most of the old gods are dying out now that the humans are dead.
17. The Narcomancer, 3 stars. Priests of differing sects travel to a village under attack by robbers, one has hotpants for an unhappy widow.
18. Henosis, 3 stars. Writer gets kidnapped by a crazed fan right before the results of a prestigious award.

13. The Elevator Dancer, 2 stars. Security guard becomes obsessed with woman dancing on the elevator.
14. Cuisine des Mémoires, 4 stars. A friend treats a man to a unique dining experience for his birthday, but he insists on spoiling the mystery.
15. Stone Hunger, 3 stars. Prequel to The Fifth Season, girl tries to track and kill the man who destroyed her home.

10. The Brides of Heaven, 3 stars. Colony struggles after all the men die, devout/fanatical woman who lost her child is driven to take action at the first opportunity presented.
11. The Evaluators, 5 stars. Records of a mission to establish trade with a sentient species are suppressed, reveal a dangerous misunderstanding.
12. Walking Awake, 4 stars. [2019]

07. The Trojan Girl, 3 stars. Rival AI gangs work together to track down a newborn AI with upgraded skills.
08. Valedictorian, 4 stars. Isolated community lives behind walls placed by an invader that's isn't discussed, once a year they accept tribute from the human herd.
09. The Storyteller’s Replacement, 4 stars. Storyteller relates a cautionary tale of foolish king overly concerned with his manly appearance.

04. L’Alchimista, 3 stars. An old beggar charms his way into a free meal, challenges the chef with a tricky recipe.
05. The Effluent Engine, 3 stars. Dark skinned spy consults light skinned scientist about refining waste for her people.
06. Cloud Dragon Skies, 3 stars. Scientists from a colony that fled the earth come back to study the new sky, and to meddle.

01. The Ones Who Stay and Fight, 3 stars. A functioning utopia requires diligent and sometimes bloody work.
02. The City Born Great, 3 stars. Street kid has to guide and protect NYC through a difficult birth into personhood.
03. Red Dirt Witch, 3 stars. Child is tempted to sacrifice herself for a better future for her people, disapproving mother intervenes.

03. Mr. Wrong, 3 stars. Lonely country girl moves to the big city for a more exciting life, buys a haunted car.
04. Perfect Love, 2 stars. Eccentric opera singer is flighty with her lovers and her contracts, haunted by a ghost baby.

01. Three Miles Up, 3 stars. Snippy boys can't stop bickering on their canal boating trip, pick up an easy going girl in the woods.
02. Left Luggage, 2 stars. Reclusive and unimaginative nephew inherits a haunted stinky suitcase from uncle, gets the urge to travel.

Wiki: "He had found Hadrian the Seventh on a second-hand book-stall; he was always finding books — never ones that she had ever heard of — bringing them home and reading bits to her."

Wiki: "...after his father died, his mother embraced Gurdjieff and had no time for anyone who did not do the same..."

Wiki: "Then in a voice that was a remarkable rendering of Colonel Chinstrap from ITMA..."

Wiki: "... and there he was, without a stitch on, doing the Lambeth Walk on the billiard table with Mr Hugh’s golf club."

The Lambeth Walk > Schichlegruber - Doing the Lambeth Walk

10. The Lights We Carried Home, 4 stars. Documentary ostensibly about life in a slum tries to exploit the family of missing girl.
11. Thin Places, 4 stars. School teacher has tender feelings for shunned new student, tries to protect her

07. The Fifth Gable, 3 stars. Woman asks for help obtaining a child, suffers multiple failures.
08. White Throat Holler, 3 stars. Mothers are being picked off, the town daughters take it upon themselves to hunt down the culprits.
09. Russula’s Wake, 4 stars. Mother dreads her youngest growing up and attending school with her more mature siblings.

04. Too Lonely, Too Wild, 3 stars. Witch's granddaughter marries a controlling man, tries to be a good wife.
05. Roiling and Without Form, 4 stars. Woman stuck working in a run down motel is unduly impressed by glamorous seeming couple.
06. Life Cycles, 3 stars. Son is sent to pay his father's debt, embarrassed son learns the real story.

01. Your Clothes a Sepulcher, Your Body a Grave, 3 stars. Man is in love with/obsessed with distant relation since childhood, but she's promised to convent.
02. The Women Who Sing for Sklep, 3 stars. Musician travels rural areas using folk music for inspiration, his assistant goes native.
03. The Warriors, the Mothers, the Drowned, 2 stars. Mother tries to cross the land of the dead to save her baby's life.

13. What Goes Up, 3 stars. Trying to discourage a UFO nut from hanging out in his bar, storyteller is finally taken at his word.
14. Sleeping Beauty, 3 stars. Noisy sleeper must keep his wife happy to inherit a fortune, trusts untrustworthy uncle to cure him.
15. The Defenestration of Ermintrude Inch, 3 stars. Man hates his chatty overbearing wife.

10. The Man Who Ploughed the Sea, 2 stars. Millionaire "conservationist" invents system to mine minerals from the ocean.
11. The Reluctant Orchid, 3 stars. Man unexpectedly obtains a carnivorous orchid, has murder in his heart.
12. Cold War, 2 stars. California tries to ruin Florida's reputation as the sunshine state.