TheInkredibleKaptainKaiju Wrote:The heroes struggle to survive as Modulok and Emerald make their final moves.

tealruby Wrote:Yes, we're goin’ to a party, party.

Mr West takes centre stage again, this time with his new beau (sic) included. The last time, he’d taken his girlfriend to Paris. This time, she’s taking him a bit farther out of town. There’s cake, presents, and more for his special day. Oh, and the sharing of three magic words.

NotZiz Wrote:"Death by misadventure was the fifth most common cause of death in Callow, the sixth most common in Procer, and the ninth in Praes. Typically it is used to group anything from children missing after wandering into a local forest to the local Named who collapsed a wizard's tower on themself. Even execution by dwarven expedition has been categorized under such and thus showing its lack of suitability as an accurate or precise tool for the office of the census.
In this essay, I will lay out a comprehensive restructuring of the census for the following three purposes and the reasoning for why it should be adopted by our foreign counterparts…"

• On Precision in Mortality, by J.S. Ancelet
  

Mr_Crocodile Wrote:“Kaijin (怪人) is a Japanese word that literally means 'mysterious person.' This is a relatively broad term that encompasses any human-like entities that possess strange preternatural abilities, and is usually used in a depreciatory manner.”

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Notes:
A new OtSoT sub-anthology, this one focusing on the strange people who have flourished under the auspices of the Age of Monsters. And we are starting with my favourite one in recent years!