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Pretty good pacing so far! Did I get lucky twice and have two fast -paced books? We shall see.

Finished!
Not perfect, but my baby Nomvula had a happy ending!

My God! So much happened in so few pages!

No! Not Clever! D:

Will Muzi and Elkin finally have their moment?

Oh, Felicity's the snake! I thought she was the rat.
Her mother ;____;

This is good, but is the dik dik virus gonna come into play?

ALL HELL HAS BROKEN LOSE! AAHHH!!!

But I'm happy for Felicity.

Please let Nomvula come out of this alive and loved!

If feels like we're getting closer to the climax already. Everyone's stresses out and I'm not sure what's about to happen exactly, but the stuff is about to hit the fan, I know it!

Nomvula met Muzi and he gave her the concert tickets.
Is Sydney gonna massacre people at the concert?

Sydney is keeping Nomvula alive? I thought she wanted to kill her?

Well, now I know why the little girl on the front cover is smiling menacingly. Holy shit!

Oh, so everyone is descended from demigods and Sydney knew Mr. Tau?
So, Nomvula is the eagle, Muzi is the crab, Riya is the peacock, Stoker is the rat, and Elkin is the dolphin. But who's the serpent? Hmmm....

So Muzi is already tied to Sydney's story and Stoker to Riya's. But where does Nomvula fit in?

Starting to see how all the characters are connected already.
Also, I forgot that dik-diks are, like, an actual animal.

Really enjoying this so far, especially Muzi's chapters.

Great start so far! Quick pacing and good prose and interesting characters.

That sort of ended on a happy note.

Finally finished. RTC.

No one has had a good run-in with necromancers in these stories.

Very Little Shop of Horrors, but the story was just alright.

Now onto the last story. "The Voyage of King Euvoran."

"The Isle of the Torturers" genuinely had some gross out moments with the torture scenes, but this story too is marred by the stereotypical descriptions of the Asian-inspired denizens of Uccastrog. Clark Ashton Smith, you were so close!

Onto "The Garden of Adompha."

Should have trusted in yourself, Nushain.

Onto "The Isle of the Torturers"

I'm liking this one so far, although I must admit that stories are getting repetitive.

"The Black of Abbot of Puthuum" has been the weakest story so far. The only reason the characters fear the titular antagonist is because he's a racist caricature of a Black man. There was one nice thing at the end, but it doesn't redeem it.

"The Tomb Spawn" was a nice short horror story. Now onto "The Last Hieroglyph."

The one thing I hate about these older kinds of stories is that they have interesting premises, but they get marred by the racism.

While "The Dark Eidolon" wasn't my most favorite, I can see why it remains so popular. So wild!

"Morthylla" was a quick, somber read and calmer.

Now onto "The Black Abbot of Puthuum," the title of which has me concerned.

Oh, Obexah! I knew Zotulla was a murderer, but I didn't know you were that way too!