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This week's prompt word was "old":

"Sport is agony. We agree to suffer endlessly in exchange for the mere possibility of sublime rapture. Sometimes, we even get it."

-- Why We Love Baseball: A History In 50 Moments by Joe Posnanski
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David Brent 📚Mar 11

"I arrived at the Ministry sweaty and vibeless. It was a dark toothache of a day, barely qualifying in its chromatic dullness for 'gray.'"

- The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

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David Brent 📚Feb 4

"He looked at no one. His face was a mask.

They walked on."

- The Long Walk by Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman)

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Sandra Bond Jan 21

The key word today is "earth".

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Ben Wright Jan 14

For #BookQW here's a fragment of a nightmare from Eilert's perspective, as he remembers old fears.

Wiz Duos 1 is available from the fine people at Wizard's Tower Press: https://wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/novellas-the-wiz-duo-series/wiz-duo-book-1/

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David Brent 📚Jan 7

"And quite a few books.

I always think that the quickest way to understand someone is to look at what's on their bookshelves. Especially if they are honest bookshelves, not the fancy ornamental kind. And there was nothing fancy or ornamental about this place."

- Grace Winters, The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

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Ben Wright Jan 7

For #BookQW the word is 'happen', and here's an excerpt from A Weapon Too Free, where Essendra is asked an important question about her plans for the future.

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/weapon-too-free-146808473