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01. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate, 5 stars. [2014]
02. Exhalation, 4 stars. [2014]
03. What's Expected of Us, 5 stars. [2014]
04. The Lifecycle of Software Objects, 4 stars. [2014]
06. The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling, 5 stars. [2014]

04. Scape-goats, 3 stars. Boaters run into a tiny island host to three sheep, one of them offends the locals.
05. Human Remains, 3 stars. Male prostitute goes home with a shifty archeologist, had identity stolen.

01. Son of Celluloid, 2 stars. Dying criminal croaks in a movie theater, his cancer takes on a life of its own.
02. Rawhead Rex, 3 stars. Ignorant farmer digs up a stone in a fallow field, releasing a big 'ol beastie from his prison.
03. Confessions of a (Pornographer's) Shroud, 4 stars. Greedy accountant is framed by his employer as a smut kingpin, seeks revenge.

04. The Skins of the Fathers, 4 stars. Scary looking (but gentle if you're not a car) beasties have a parade, greet their youngest son.
05. New Murder in the Rue Morgue, 3 stars. An old man is charged with a grisly murder of a young woman, his friend and sister suspects something hinky.

01. Dread, 4 stars. Sick fucker "experiments" by locking up and torturing his friends with the things they're afraid of, but it backfires.
02. Hell's Event, 3 stars. Charity race is more important than it initially appeared, deciding the fate of the British government.
03. Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testement, 4 stars. After in interrupted suicide attempt, a woman discovers a terrible power within.

04. Pig Blood Blues, 4 stars. New teacher at a juvenile detention center tries to intercede on behalf of a bullied boy, but meets resistance.
05. Sex, Death and Star Shine, 3 stars. Performance of Twelfth Night is marred by soap actress' inability to act, her true talent is screwing the boss.
06. In the Hills, the Cities, 3 stars. [2017]

01. The Book of Blood, 3 stars. Fake psychic medium's playacting in a haunted house enrages ghosts so much that they carve stories into his skin.
02. The Midnight Meat Train, 2 stars. Schlub falls asleep on his way home and inadvertently cracks the subway murders case.
03. The Yattering and Jack, 3 stars. Demon sent to torment a man is frustrated by his indifference to tricks.

12. Nekropolis, 3 stars. Indentured servant dislikes the mistress of the house, genetically engineered hunk servant makes her nervous with his hotness.
13. Frankenstein's Daughter, 3 stars. Cloned daughter is physically and mentally disabled, natural son is a little shit.
14. The Evil Stepmother, 1 star. Complaining about being a stepmom, rehash of Eight-Legged Story.

09. Presence, 4 stars. Wife decides to try a very expensive experimental treatment for her husband's Alzheimer's disease.
10. Eight-Legged Story, 3 stars. Stepmother feels guilty for not loving her husband's difficult son.
11. The Beast, 3 stars. Growing girl still worships her father, wishes she was still little.

05. Interview: On Any Given Day, 3 stars. Elderly people get rejuvenation treatments, spread a new STD to teenagers.
06. Oversite, 3 stars. Worried woman has tracking chip implanted in her mother & daughter.
07. Wicked, 3 stars. Woman enjoys watching her groceries, then car, then home burn down.
08. Laika Comes Back Safe, 3 stars. Girl's fluctuating friendship with dog/boy, and family problems.

01. Ancestor Money, 3 stars. Deceased woman receives an unexpected letter saying she's come into money.
02. In the Air, 3 stars. Woman's dead twin brother interferes in her potential love life.
03. The Cost to Be Wise, 5 stars. [2019]
04. The Lincoln Train, 3 stars. Post-Civil War slave owners are forced to migrate to unsettled areas.

Wiki: "The Cetus probe scooped up bacteria-laden samples from Europa’s geysers twenty-nine years before my birth..."

Cetus > Cetus (mythology)

08. The Royal Zoo Is Closed, 2 stars. Lonely guy wanders around, eats some pills.
09. The Imago Sequence, 2 stars. Thug/art enthusiast investigates the origin of a series of photographs, and associated disappearences.

05. Proboscis, 2 stars. Wannabe writer tags along with a bounty hunting expedition, before returning home they visit a tourist attraction.
06. Hallucigenia, 2 stars. Couple is seriously injured while trespassing in an old barn, wealthy husband won't stop investigating the former property owner.
07. Parallax, 2 stars. Famous artist's wife goes missing under suspicious circumstances, everyone thinks he murdered her.

01. Old Virginia, 3 stars. Washed up veteran gets a job babysitting a research experiment in the woods.
02. Shiva, Open Your Eye, 2 stars. Old man entertains himself by playacting for an undercover agent.
03. Procession of the Black Sloth, 3 stars. Professional corporate espionage expert slacks off, spies on neighbors.
04. Bulldozer, 2 stars. Pinkerton detective hunts a hungry demon worshipper, is nice to whores.

09. The Scattering: a story in three parts, 2 stars. Twins obsessed with fighting, sister obsessed with brother.
10. Birthing Stones, 2 stars. Woman eats alone at a restaurant, thinks about telling her date her life story.
11. The Cull, 2 stars. Men gather at a farm to lure & kill foxes.
12. The Lighthouse Keeper, 2 stars. Lady lighthouse keeper makes friends with a big fish.

Wiki: "Across the ring, Blanchard’s trainer was swabbing his eyebrows with a styptic pencil and applying tiny adhesive bandages to the flaps of skin hanging loose."

05. How to Fuck a Man you Don’t Know, 2 stars. A one night stand becomes a relationship becomes an ex told in reverse.
06. Language, 3 stars. Ugly girl marries the town hunk, but he dies.
07. The Superstition of Albatross, 3 stars. Wannabe sailor leaves girl alone with an unwanted pregnancy.
08. A Heavy Devotion, 3 stars. Mother talks about raising her adult cult figure son.

01. Starver, 3 stars. Girl struggles to deal with her older sister's eating disorder.
02. Blood Rites, 3 stars. Three ladies move to a rural area, take on the habits of the locals.
03. A Bruise the Shape and Size of a Door Handle, 2 stars. Teen's lesbian relationship has jealousy problems.
04. How to Lose It, 2 stars. Teen gets knocked up, her teen daughter doesn't.

26. Tanith Lee - The Human Mystery, 3 stars. Tough young lady inherits riches & a curse from an unknown aunt.
27. Neil Gaiman - A Study in Emerald, 4 stars. Injured ex-military man & brilliant consulting detective look into the murder of the queen's favorite nephew.
28. Robert J. Sawyer - You See But You Do Not Observe, 3 stars. Scientist pulls Holmes & Watson into the future to figure out where all the aliens are.

05. The Sword of Destiny, 3 stars. In a dangerous forest on a pointless mission, Geralt stumbles across an injured old friend & missing princess. Destiny is grumpy with his lack of interest, but spares the interested parties for now.
06. Something More, 3 stars. Grievously injured saving a merchant, Geralt trips balls in the back of his wagon. Maybe meets his mom, maybe learns Yen's dead, maybe just hallucinates.

03. Eternal Flame, 4 stars. Someone very clever at exploiting financial opportunities is impersonating Dandelion's halfling friend, much to his dismay. Upon investigation, their intentions don't seem half bad.
04. A Little Sacrifice, 4 stars. Acting as unpaid translator/relationship counselor between a tight fisted duke and a stubborn mermaid, Geralt and a lovely lady bard go all warm and squishy for each other.

01. The Bounds of Reason, 4 stars. A ragtag bunch of optimists (including Yennefer) assemble to joyfully slaughter a dragon. A rich man with two warrior woman, Geralt, Dandelion, and a druid tag along for their own purposes.
02. A Shard of Ice, 4 stars. Hired to kill a beastie/wade neck deep in filth, Geralt unexpectedly finds himself in a love triangle. His rival being a decent and loving man/sorcerer doesn't help.

04. Quest of the Starstone, 2 stars. Wizard plucks future hunk out of time to woo/strong-arm Hotpants Mcgee out of a magic rock.
05. The Dark Land, 2 stars. Horny god abducts Hotpants from her deathbed to be his goth bride, jealous corpse chick is shifty, but tells her how to escape.
06. Hellsgarde, 2 stars. Hotpants braves a haunted castle for a treasure to exchange for her men, finds it full of ugly ghost hunters.

01. Black God’s Kiss, 2 stars. Grumpy lady warrior gets smooched by enemy conqueror, catches a case of hotpants so intense she goes to hell to find a way to kill him.
02. Black God’s Shadow, 2 stars. Hotpants unassuaged by murder, lady warrior calls it love and tromps back to uneventful hell to free her bearded smoocher.
03. Jirel Meets Magic, 1 star. Lady pisses off sexy sorceress while trying to murder a wizard.

Word: "He was a gaunt and marcid creature, very tall and thin; his high, scrawny shoulders twisted forwards, his cadaverous head lowered, with the thinly bearded jaw protruding as though in defiance."

1. Withered, wasted, decayed, rotten.

2. Weak, feeble, exhausted.

DNF: Trains.

Wiki: "His place in the parlour at the George, his absence from church, his old, crapulous , disreputable vices, were all things of course in Debenham."

1. Characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating; intemperate, debauched.

2. Suffering from the effects of intemperance in drinking; resulting from drunkenness.

11. The Case of the Missing Will, 3 stars. Modern woman hires Poirot to solve her uncle's puzzle will.
12. The Veiled Lady, 3 stars. Well bred lady hires Poirot to get retrieve an amorous blackmail letter.
13. The Lost Mine, 3 stars. Poirot earned shares in a mine from hanging out in an opium den.
14. The Chocolate Box, 3 stars. Poirot shares one of his "failures", a man who seems to have suffered a heart attack.

08. The Kidnapped Prime Minister, 3 stars. Poirot sees through a complicated international ruse intended to prevent a speech.
09. The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim, 3 stars. Money man coincidentally disappears before an appointment, and days before his bank goes tits up.
10. The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman, 3 stars. Doctor & pals are summoned by a call for help from a dying man, Poirot eyes his last meal.