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A crowded part of the city found itself with more folks to accommodate. Tommy Tester enjoyed all this just fine. Walking through Harlem first thing in the morning was like being a single drop of blood inside an enormous body that was waking
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“At that, Harrowhark stopped working her scaphoid and glanced at Gideon. She gave a rather brusque hand-wave to the geriatric fan club behind her and they scattered: tottering, kissing the floor and rattling both their prayer beads and their unlubricated knee joints, disappearing into the darkness and down the tier.”
― Tor.com Publishing 2019 Debut Sampler
― Tor.com Publishing 2019 Debut Sampler
“This manuscript had been Abbi’s most precious possession, and was now mine. It had a richly illuminated frontispiece and finispiece. All one hundred and fourteen of its surahs were calligraphed in an early Abbasid script and decorated in gold leaf. The four quls were ornamented in gold filigree and the Chapter of Light and Verse of the Throne in silver.”
― Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 edition
― Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 edition
“Crux spat on her. That was disgusting, but whatever. His hand went to the long knife kept over one shoulder in a mould-splattered sheath, which he twitched to show a thin slice of blade: but at that, Gideon was on her feet with her scabbard held before her like a shield. One hand was on the grip, the other on the locket of the sheath. They both faced each other in impasse, her very”
― Tor.com Publishing 2019 Debut Sampler
― Tor.com Publishing 2019 Debut Sampler
“making him look like a very small mortician who had somehow wandered into the wrong sort of neighborhood, one where there were too many living people and not nearly enough dead ones.”
― Magic & Mayhem Sampler: Rule-breaking new fantasy from Tor and Tor.com Publishing
― Magic & Mayhem Sampler: Rule-breaking new fantasy from Tor and Tor.com Publishing
“Witness, I thought. He wants a witness. All these men with their starched turbans and silver seals want a witness when a woman reports maltreatment. But have her walk the street, head uncovered, and preachers and counselors pour out of rat holes, a hundred recriminations in hand. Have her complain about shabby shoes or threadbare clothes and she’s a squanderer. Have her try to earn a few extra dirhams washing out men’s filth at the bathhouse and she is a harlot.”
― Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 edition
― Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 edition
Charles’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Charles’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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542 books
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164 books
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392 books
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56 books
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1,660 books
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