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Anansi Braids Your Stepson's Hair: not rating poetry. I like some of the imagery here, many spider-related words.

Woodmask: 2* Leskia's dad loose all their money and disappears. She is left begging on the street, people are cruel. She goes into the Wood for wood. She finds the mask of an Indweller, disguises herself as one to beg and makes more money. A girl figures out what she is doing, puts on the real mask and becomes an Indweller. Leskia runs after them at the end, to become one herself?

Prophecy

A Book Is a Map, a Bed Is a Country: 3* I like the imagery, but there is not really a plot here.

Thank You, Patreon Supporters!: skipped

The Uncanny Valley (read on the 6th): Fine

Interview: William Alexander good. Is he Canadian? The CBC is mentioned in his bio. Sunward might be interesting.

The Golden Tooth: transcript of a play with one actor and participation of the audience for some silent roles. Recounts the first meeting with the Admiral, then summons him to a sword fight. The Admiral is Christopher Columbus.

The only adaptation of DC I have seen is the animated one with cats, and that part of the story is over already but there is still 500 pages left...

The Legend of Don Munio Sancho de Hinojosa: 2* A Christian knigth captures some Moors who just got married, treated them well and celebrated with them for 15 days before escorting them to the border. Later on, the Moor kills him on the battefield and brings him back to his home on a bier. Nothing interesting here, but not offensive either.

Wolfert Webber, or Golden Dreams: 1* This story goes no where. Will Amy marry her beau? Is Webber ruined after spending a year trying to find a treasure in his fields? Who is the sea-faring tyrant? WHO CARES!

The Devil and Tom Walker: 2* Tom Walker meets the devil, can't come to a deal regarding the buried treasure of Captain Kidd. His wife goes, taking all the silver, she disappears/fought the devil and lost. Tom strikes a deal with the devil to become a usurer in Boston. He dies in his old age, everything turns to ashes and bones.

Kidd the Pirate: serves as the introduction to the next story. Not rating it until I finish the other part.

The Story of the Young Italian: 1* Waaaay too long for what it was. The yound man from the previous story was estranged from his family when he met Bianca. They fell in love. His brother dies, his father wants him back, he goes. Bianca was told he died and married the friend who was the middle man for their letters. The young man killed his friend and ran from the law.

The Adventure of the Mysterious Stranger: 2* Again, a story told by one narrator to the group. Introduced the next story, nothing much here.

The Adventure of the German Student: 2*
A German student dreams about a beautiful girl, then meets her near the guillotine. They "marry"/sleep together. When he returns, she is dead. The police says she was guillotined the previous day. Necrophilia...