Two things: yet again, I suck at maintaining a newsletter, for which I apologize, and will finish Frankensteining for those of you who are interested in the conclusion spoiler warning, Victor goes me me me me meeeeeee right up until the end. Writing this one was a pretty wild ride, all things considered, but it turned out quite well in my opinion and it has an absolutely batshit amazing cover.
It is entirely in character for my idiom that the last book has my favorite cover art of the series. This means that the volunteer gangs shelving books in the libraries of Dis and the construction details helping to rebuild Heaven are not exactly working at peak efficiency, and nobody seems to know what to do about it โ until Dr. Faust comes up with the neat dodge of sending a test party up to Earth to see if angels and demons can work together on the Prime Material plane without going into anaphylaxis.
And who better to supervise than good old Dr. Helsing, who owes Hell a favor or sixteen by this point? Surprisingly enough, her husband Sir Francis wants to tag along, despite the fact that someone seems to be running around shooting poisoned darts at the differently alive, again , and he has understandable trauma regarding this sort of thing.
As some of you know, I used to do jewelry, and I recently got back into it in a big way. The motto is te ipsum nosce , which I kinda love. Go check out the store to see the rest of the stuff, including earrings โ I have turquoise, malachite, jasper, labradorite, moonstone, shell, and a TON of sparkly glass, and I am happy to switch out the French hooks and the headpins for sterling silver for an additional fee. My father and the rest of the family being obliged to attend as witnesses, I accompanied them to the court.
During the whole of this wretched mockery of justice I suffered living torture. It was to be decided whether the result of my curiosity and lawless devices would cause the death of two of my fellow beings: one a smiling babe full of innocence and joy, the other far more dreadfully murdered, with every aggravation of infamy that could make the murder memorable in horror.
