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Christiangoth
Friday, December 03, 2010 5:25:04 PM(UTC)
#1

A quick search revealed that this has never had its own thread.  Strangeness in the Proportion is an excellent WoD novel being posted in the blogs as a seventeen-part serial.  Enjoy.
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Scrivnomancer
Friday, December 03, 2010 7:19:11 PM(UTC)
#2

Thank you very much, Christiangoth. And thank you for the feedback on the typos emotion-1.gif
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Protagonist
Friday, December 03, 2010 9:47:03 PM(UTC)
#3

"Scrivnomancer" wrote:
Thank you very much, Christiangoth. And thank you for the feedback on the typos emotion-1.gif




Am I reading this right to think that you wrote Strangeness in Proportion? If so I have to say its been excellent so far, and I eagerly await future chapters. Simon is such an interesting character. Others may disagree with me here or find it creepy that I'm saying this, but I think he's absolutely adorable.
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Christiangoth
Friday, December 03, 2010 9:56:08 PM(UTC)
#4

"Protagonist" wrote:
"Scrivnomancer" wrote:
Thank you very much, Christiangoth. And thank you for the feedback on the typos emotion-1.gif




Am I reading this right to think that you wrote Strangeness in Proportion?
Yes, Scriv is the author of SitP.
"Protagonist" wrote:
I have to say its been excellent so far, and I eagerly await future chapters. Simon is such an interesting character. Others may disagree with me here or find it creepy that I'm saying this, but I think he's absolutely adorable.
Agreed!  I have loled hard repeatedly with him and at his antics and thoughts.
Scrivnomancer
Tuesday, December 07, 2010 9:53:56 AM(UTC)
#5

Appreciate the comments.



Your "adorable" comment makes my day, Protagonist (awesome screen name, by the bye). The idea was to make Simon adorable, despite all of the creepy qualities stacked against him, and to see if I could get away with a possible necrophile being sympathetic. That was the experiment, anyway. And after spending so much time with the character to myself...I wasn't sure if I got him across right. If people would just look at Simon and say, "Sick! Why would I want to spend time with him?"



But, whatever else happens from here, at least I know that people seem to be getting Simon on the whole emotion-1.gif



I'm sure it would make Simon happy, the poor dear.

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illiterati
Tuesday, December 07, 2010 1:32:29 PM(UTC)
#6
I second (or was it third or fourth?) the Strangeness... love. I'm eagerly awaiting the rest, and have had the images and characters running through my head since I plowed through the first 5 installments yesterday.



I love the 'eccentric among eccentrics' concept, the thought that one forensic pathologist might creep out others never crossing my mind until now for some reason.

Loved the dog bit.

Love Simon's family background.



And especially, because I love RPG fiction, but tend to get turned off by hit-you-over-the-head game references, I LOVE that I'm not entirely sure what or who Simon really is yet, in terms of character type. Unaffiliated Mage? SinEater who made his bargain early in life? Pre-bargain SinEater? Psychic? Medium? Who cares, it's a great story so far, and even if we never find out for sure, I love the realistic treatment of such an unreal scenario.



Good show, sir. Good show.
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Scrivnomancer on 3/20/2011(UTC)
Aeleona
Sunday, December 12, 2010 9:51:46 PM(UTC)
#7
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Christiangoth
Sunday, December 12, 2010 10:01:50 PM(UTC)
#8

Is it weird that I kind of want a plushy of him, scalpel in one hand, Mountain Dew bottle in the other?
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Scrivnomancer on 3/30/2011(UTC)
Scrivnomancer
Sunday, December 12, 2010 10:36:36 PM(UTC)
#9

Oh wow, wow, wow, Aeleona. Sweet drawing emotion-1.gif  One of my favoritest things is to see something I've written take on a manifested form, be that concept art, spoken word, or acted out. Makes me giddy to see how someone else sees something I saw.



I concur, Christiangoth, plush Simons. The production pays for itself, what with the Mountain Dew endorsements ("Do the Dew...not cadavers.").



Thanks for the comments, illiterati. Seeing what specific things worked for you really helps. After spending so much time on this project, it's not always easy to see from my perspective. Really glad you liked the dog and family bit (they mostly came well after the first draft, and I'm glad they did...probably at the suggestion of my editor). I'm ESPECIALLY glad you enjoy the ambiguity of Simon. I too prefer RPG fiction that doesn't wield the game references with a heavy hand. I also wanted to make something that my non-WoD fan friends (and perhaps yours) could read without being lost. Perhaps a gateway drug to the WoD. But I still wanted to have layers and layers of easter-eggs for the more die-hard fans to pick out (even if some are ambiguous).



Now I just need to learn how to sew and make plush dolls...

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arimus13
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 3:02:36 PM(UTC)
#10

"Scrivnomancer" wrote:
I'm ESPECIALLY glad you enjoy the ambiguity of Simon. I too prefer RPG fiction that doesn't wield the game references with a heavy hand. I also wanted to make something that my non-WoD fan friends (and perhaps yours) could read without being lost. Perhaps a gateway drug to the WoD. But I still wanted to have layers and layers of easter-eggs for the more die-hard fans to pick out (even if some are ambiguous).




LOVE the little bit thrown in with the infant fetch in the last installment.  Pure, unadulterated gold...creepy, disturbing gold.  Keep it coming!  I now have a reason to look forward to Thursdays.
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illiterati
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 4:51:35 PM(UTC)
#11
Plushy necrophiles? Aren't we mixing fetish groups here?

"Yeah, I only derive pleasure from making out with teddybears when they have X's sewn over their eyes."



but I could see a soft, stuffed mountain dew bottle, with a bowler hat. maybe with hands and a scalpel.
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Scrivnomancer on 3/30/2011(UTC)
Scrivnomancer
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 4:27:03 PM(UTC)
#12

Thanks, ariums13. The interludes allowed me to touch on the wider bits of the WoD of Chicago, beyond what Simon is directly experiencing, in little windows, and at least play a little bit with the other bits of the setting I love (like, in this case, Changeling).



illiterati, I do not have a teddybear with X's sewn into the eyes, but I do have a teddybear with its eyes ripped out, stuffing oozing out of the ocular cavities. It was given to me, by a friend, as a gag gift referencing a short story I wrote called "Teddybear Rex".

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Christiangoth
Sunday, December 26, 2010 8:05:03 AM(UTC)
#13

There was never so appropriate a thread as this for thread necromancy.



Spoiler warning:

I just wanted to post about the Odin reference in Chapter 10 (Part 7).  We already have Yggdrasil growing in Simon's head.  Now we have Simon going blind in one eye.  Definite Odin thing happening there.



Has anybody else caught mythological references?  If I missed something I'd love to know!
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Scrivnomancer
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 10:23:05 AM(UTC)
#14

Nice catch. I will say that I borrowed a bit from Slavic folklore and the concept of the world tree creeps into more than one mythology.
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BinAly
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 10:59:05 AM(UTC)
#15

I would also like to add my compliments to the author. Very good reading indeed. You really managed to make Simon exhale creepy-cuteness, but I think I'm falling for Nyx in the end.



Hope she really achieves the dream of being the protagonist that makes it to the sequel!

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Scrivnomancer on 3/20/2011(UTC)
AberrantEyes
Friday, January 07, 2011 12:02:31 PM(UTC)
#16
"Scrivnomancer" wrote:
I too prefer RPG fiction that doesn't wield the game references with a heavy hand. I also wanted to make something that my non-WoD fan friends (and perhaps yours) could read without being lost. Perhaps a gateway drug to the WoD.




I hope so. As I've said at least once in comments and will probably say again, you convey exactly what the WoD must feel like to those who have to live with the knowledge that they live in it.
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Scrivnomancer
Saturday, January 08, 2011 6:00:28 PM(UTC)
#17

"BinAly" wrote:
You really managed to make Simon exhale creepy-cuteness, but I think I'm falling for Nyx in the end.
Why thank you, BinAly. Come for the Simon, stay for the Nyx.



She had only a bit part in the first draft, appearing in only one scene. Then she kicked my ass (who'd have thunk that the Alley sold meta-fictional steel-toed boots) and demanded a bigger role. And I'm glad she did.
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Scrivnomancer
Saturday, January 08, 2011 6:08:47 PM(UTC)
#18

"AberrantEyes" wrote:


I hope so. As I've said at least once in comments and will probably say again, you convey exactly what the WoD must feel like to those who have to live with the knowledge that they live in it.
Much appreciated emotion-1.gif



I wanted this to be less looking at the WoD through a hellish aquarium and more of a claustrophobic POV from one of the poor shivering newts inside said aquarium. Spend years playing the monsters, and it's easy for them to become just the slightest bit mundane. But looking at them through the eyes of someone who just tripped down the rabbit hole can be a reminder of how cool they are. And if that did indeed come across at all, I am a happy newt. Lots of research went into the various bits of this, but if I had one bible, it was the core WoD book, right down to the cover photo (that could be any of us stumbling down that dark street...).
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AberrantEyes
Friday, February 11, 2011 6:36:06 PM(UTC)
#19
Sadly, "Strangeness" seems to have disappeared into the ether along with most blog posts more recent than last May. :'( Where are we supposed to look now for Simon's continuing (mis)adventures?
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Scrivnomancer on 3/30/2011(UTC)
Scrivnomancer
Friday, February 11, 2011 9:11:31 PM(UTC)
#20


Worry not. I'm told it's being worked on and that all the novel chapters will soon be available for reading again. I always assume any technical change to things will have most every hiccup it can at first (but then, it's all techno witchcraft to me).

In the meantime, to sate you, you might take a free listen to my story "Blood, Snow, and Sparrows" over at Psuedopod.

It features another drug-clouded hero pinning over a dead girl...a little bit different, but I think he was my proto-Simon (I do believe I wrote it just before starting on this novel).

See...see how I swooped in for that opportunistic plug :devil:
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Nin
Friday, February 11, 2011 9:22:24 PM(UTC)
#21

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Alex
Friday, February 11, 2011 9:22:39 PM(UTC)
#22

Just wanted to thank you for one of the best WoD novels I've read this far. Actually being able to call it a World of Darkness (instead of the Dim Lights so popular in oWoD and some other novels out there...) where you can't tell what's going on for sure nor who's on what side and actually who's what... All that is gold.

Now waiting for the blogs to be up so I can continue reading...

EDIT: Didn't see those links... Nin, I love you!
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Scrivnomancer on 3/20/2011(UTC)
Scrivnomancer
Friday, February 11, 2011 9:42:57 PM(UTC)
#23

Thanks, Alex! One cool thing about the serial format is I've been able to get feedback and interact with readers during the whole process, which is exciting for me because I'm just a WoD fanboy too.

And thank you for the links, Nin.

And if you notice any format abnormalities from the change over, send word to the powers that be...but please, please, do so nicely. I've noticed a lot of unnecessary angst on the web over a little thing like a website change.

Simon sends his love! He'd do so in person, but he's busy filling out Valentines Day cards with a scalpel. Romantics.
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no_one_134
Friday, February 11, 2011 9:59:26 PM(UTC)
#24
I seriously hope he becomes part of a series!

it's like reading the Geist game in a novel form with interactions from everyone else in there!
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Scrivnomancer on 3/20/2011(UTC)
Silvannos
Sunday, February 27, 2011 8:22:24 PM(UTC)
#25

I have to sincerely thank you for the SitP and I look forward for the 4 new parts ( I think that the final number will be 17 :/, but I don't know if that is true ). I especialy like that you incorporated some Slavic mythology as I hail from Slovakia (The Blood Countess Elizabeth Báthory lived here ;) ) and to see that some of our mythos is in there is great. And I like that you used Absinthe as the drug. It is my favourite spirit. I had some fun with it when I drank too much and the only think I can remeber is seeing toad, fire salamander and blinking lamp :D.

And at last I have to say that I love Simon and all the other characters. They are exquisitely lovable.
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Scrivnomancer on 3/20/2011(UTC)
Scrivnomancer
Sunday, February 27, 2011 9:17:49 PM(UTC)
#26

You've made my day, Silvannos. Representing for Slovakia! :d The Blood Countess has been one of my favorite historical bogeymen (er...bogeywomen) since I was a boy. I'm so glad you enjoyed the bits of Slavic myth. I've had a few adventures/misadventures with absinthe as well. Ah...research.

And thanks, no_one_134. A Simon series...hmmm, that would be cool. I've gotten quite fond of my little necro-hero. Come to think of it, I've known him longer than some of my current friends.
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Scrivnomancer
Sunday, February 27, 2011 9:20:02 PM(UTC)
#27

Oh, and those last few sections are forthcoming. The website change interrupted the flow, but I think we should see it start up again in the near future.
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no_one_134
Sunday, February 27, 2011 9:21:05 PM(UTC)
#28
Scrivnomancer wrote:


And thanks, no_one_134. A Simon series...hmmm, that would be cool. I've gotten quite fond of my little necro-hero. Come to think of it, I've known him longer than some of my current friends.



It's a series of novels I would buy!
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Scrivnomancer on 3/30/2011(UTC)
eddyfate
Saturday, March 12, 2011 12:57:33 AM(UTC)
#29

Part 14 is now live:

http://www.white-wolf.com/new-world-of-darkness/news/strangeness-in-the-proportion,-part-14
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Black_Wind_Fen
Sunday, March 20, 2011 5:25:52 AM(UTC)
#30

I think my favorite thing thus far (on part 14 now) about the entire story, is the incredibly intelligent way it is written. Yes, Simon is an awesome character with a wealth of knowledge, but it goes to show that the author puts an incredible amount of time and effort into those bursts of brilliance. Also, my girlfriend has read each part directly after me and while she's never shown any interest in my World of Darkness pursuits (yeah, I only keep her around 'cause she's hot and can cook ;) Kidding!!), she has been able to follow the fiction without any problems. It has even sparked a few evenings of thumbing through my books to give her examples of how certain things would function "in game."

I would definitely purchase an entire series following Meeks in particular or the OS in general.
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Scrivnomancer on 3/20/2011(UTC)
Scrivnomancer
Monday, March 21, 2011 2:18:49 AM(UTC)
#31

Black_Wind_Fen wrote:
I think my favorite thing thus far (on part 14 now) about the entire story, is the incredibly intelligent way it is written.


Why thank you, new best friend ;)

And I am honored if I helped anyone's significant other get a tentative toe dipped into the World of Darkness.
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Black_Wind_Fen
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:23:03 AM(UTC)
#32

Just read part 17. Afterward, all I thought was "holy effin' Hell, that was good." Muchos, muchos kudos.
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Scrivnomancer on 3/24/2011(UTC)
Scrivnomancer
Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:07:19 PM(UTC)
#33

Appreciate the support, Black_Wind_Fen. The next section is now up:

http://www.white-wolf.com/new-w...-the-proportion,-part-18

It's the most Kindred-centric section and features my favorite scene to write (where in Simon uses his Dead Water ability in a most unusual way).
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ArcaneWatcher
Thursday, March 24, 2011 7:45:37 PM(UTC)
#34

Now, double checking on what I thought was said ages ago: This will be released in print, yes?

Because GOD DAMN, this story kicks ass. The World of Darkness at it's best, I've been creeped out, excited, sympathetic, torn, so on and so forth reading this novel. It's unique perspective, strange story, wonderfully juxtaposed setting and more(I could go on, but we'd be at this all day) makes this probably one of the best stories I've read in a LONG time.

Many Thanks Scrivnomancer for this.

As a final question, next section released should be the last one, yeah? I remember it being said this was nineteen parts.

PS: I giggled at the references to Hunter.
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Scrivnomancer on 3/24/2011(UTC)
Scrivnomancer
Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:37:50 PM(UTC)
#35

I don't know the particulars (so I'm definitely not the one to quote on any of this), but I think the compiled ebook will be available very soon. I'm not sure on what the print book plans are, but I too would be excited about that (I've birthed this mutant baby...I'd like to hold it).

And you are so VERY welcome. :d I'm glad you're enjoying it. After living with this thing for so long, it is so, so, so very cool to get input from others and see it outside of my poor, stretch-marked skull.

The little Hunter reference (and the whole scene it takes place in) was a very recent addition. I tried to leave a bunch of little Easter eggs referring back to the past novels and game books.
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eddyfate
Friday, March 25, 2011 8:53:22 PM(UTC)
#36

ArcaneWatcher wrote:
Now, double checking on what I thought was said ages ago: This will be released in print, yes?


ebook yes. Print-on-demand maybe.
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Scrivnomancer on 3/25/2011(UTC)
no_one_134
Friday, March 25, 2011 10:17:32 PM(UTC)
#37
Scrivnomancer wrote:
I don't know the particulars (so I'm definitely not the one to quote on any of this), but I think the compiled ebook will be available very soon. I'm not sure on what the print book plans are, but I too would be excited about that (I've birthed this mutant baby...I'd like to hold it).

And you are so VERY welcome. :d I'm glad you're enjoying it. After living with this thing for so long, it is so, so, so very cool to get input from others and see it outside of my poor, stretch-marked skull.

The little Hunter reference (and the whole scene it takes place in) was a very recent addition. I tried to leave a bunch of little Easter eggs referring back to the past novels and game books.



I'll have a pic up of a bisque firing I am doing of a small Simon influenced bust I've been working on recently but damn I want a print copy too!
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Scrivnomancer on 3/25/2011(UTC)
Silvannos
Friday, March 25, 2011 11:25:56 PM(UTC)
#38

eddyfate wrote:
ArcaneWatcher wrote:
Now, double checking on what I thought was said ages ago: This will be released in print, yes?


ebook yes. Print-on-demand maybe.


Please change that maybe to yes. This is a must buy for me and holding it in my hands will excite me much more than having it saved on every HDD I have.
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Scrivnomancer on 3/25/2011(UTC)
eddyfate
Friday, March 25, 2011 11:43:40 PM(UTC)
#39

Silvannos wrote:
Please change that maybe to yes. This is a must buy for me and holding it in my hands will excite me much more than having it saved on every HDD I have.


The "maybe" isn't "I'm not sure if this is a good idea." The "maybe" is "we have to see if we can make this work as a company." There's certainly no lack of interest on our end in trying to make this into a physical book. emotion-1.gif
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Scrivnomancer
Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:21:07 AM(UTC)
#40

no_one_134 wrote:
I'll have a pic up of a bisque firing I am doing of a small Simon influenced bust I've been working on recently but damn I want a print copy too!


Sweet!
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Silvannos on 3/28/2011(UTC)
LordOfAsh
Sunday, March 27, 2011 5:49:41 PM(UTC)
#41

Really enjoying this so far, probably one of the best wod novels I've read (and I've been reading since VtM 2nd edition). Keep up the good work.
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Scrivnomancer on 3/28/2011(UTC)
Christiangoth
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 1:35:01 AM(UTC)
#42

An old song I used to listen to years ago. Thought of it today, and it seemed thematic for this thread: http://www.youtube.com/w...f7ac&feature=related
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Scrivnomancer on 3/30/2011(UTC)
Scrivnomancer
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:15:43 PM(UTC)
#43

Nice. Maybe we should put together a Simon autopsy playlist...
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ArcaneWatcher
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 4:59:33 PM(UTC)
#44

I've been listening to the Sonify Remix of Carnival of Rust while reading Strangeness. It's not normally how I apply the song, but there's so many moments where it feel right.
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Scrivnomancer on 3/30/2011(UTC)
Silvannos
Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:27:01 PM(UTC)
#45

Thank You! Thank you a lot for all 19 parts of this marvelous novel I fell in love with. I could use many superlatives, but I am speechless right now after finnishing the Part 19.
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Black_Wind_Fen
Thursday, March 31, 2011 10:17:34 PM(UTC)
#46

That was a helluvan ending.
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Scrivnomancer on 4/1/2011(UTC)
Flashtony
Friday, April 01, 2011 7:22:38 PM(UTC)
#47

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eddyfate
Friday, April 01, 2011 7:39:17 PM(UTC)
#48

Flashtony wrote:
A bit sad that they are not cross referenced or at least have a next page link or so.


Once we have the blog section of the site up and running (and I have a spare couple of hours), I plan to repost all of these in a more navigable format.
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011 12:27:06 AM(UTC)
#49

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arimus13
Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:52:45 AM(UTC)
#50

LOVE... Love everything, every little bit of dark goodness. This makes me excited to see what the future of NWoD Fiction will bring! Thank you for your beautiful novel!
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