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The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolater
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This is a comedic one (even though they all are very funny in a subtle, witty way), but I just want a second opinion: am I sending some racial prejudice against a certain nation or am I imagining it 🫣

Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men
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A Beduin tribe is out of songs and thus out of sorts, so they contrive a scheme of hiring three famous thieves (again? again!) to steal the Golden Box from a rocky house over the bridge from Bad to Worse which is marked with a sign "It Is Better Not". But in the night's most secret hour some hand in the upper chamber lit a shocking light, lit it and made no sound...

The House of Sphinx
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The eponymous Sphinx having Time as her paramour >>>
but! this one is criminally short to enjoy it properly

Distressing Tale of Thangobring the Jeweller
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Very much enjoyed this one, especially the imagery of the narrow way, night-house and spider-forest. But what's with Dunsany and nimble thieves still large gemstones? Is this particular topic important to him?

The Bride of the Man-Horse
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Starting strong with... er, abduction and possibly sexual coercion 🤨🤨 Boys will be boys or, in this case, boys-foals, whimsical fantasy edition.