Paradise Lost

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Girt with the river Triton,
where old Cham,
Whom Gentiles Ammon call and
Libyan Jove,
Hid Amalthea, and her florid
son
Young Bacchus, from his
stepdame Rhea's eye;
Nor where Abassin kings their
issue guard,
Mount Amara, though this by
some supposed

IV, 276-281

BrokenFiction

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Got my shipment of @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social No. 5-7 and right away in 5 there's a banger of a story by Audrey Stollings: IN THE DISSOLVING CITY.

The language is delectable, yet sparse enough to avoid florid flourishes. Reminds me of Erikson's Malazan. Loved it. Can't wait to read more from her.

Andrew Foley

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Getting a little sick of everyone prefacing discussion of Maduro's kidnapping with florid descriptions of how ****ing amazingly awesomely fantastic American soldiers are.