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Sam J Miller

@sentencebender.bsky.social
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Award-winning, best-selling queer sci-fi & horror novels & stories. Banned in Florida; stolen by AI. Serializing JUPITER RUINS EVERYTHING. linktr.ee/samjmiller

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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 5h
Love all of these; honorable mention to THE COMPANY OF WOLVES.
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Smeesh 🌿 Illustrator for hire @asmeesh.bsky.social · 8h
It's #werewolfwednesday!
Digital drawing of a lanky werewolf in profile, in a leaping pose, facing left. They are grinning, their pose somewhat mischievous, with one clawed hand holding a lit golden lantern. The light highlights part of their wolfy form. The werewolf is drawn in sketchy black ink on a dusty blue/grey background, the only other colour being the gold of the lantern.
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 5h
Oh loooorrrd!!! LJN games were always so bad, and I had this on Game Boy and thought it was actually pretty good. Never tried the NES version tho. Will check this out
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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Elise Tobler, editor of the fabled SHIMMER magazine and now THE DEADLANDS is hospitalized after cancer and an infection. She made SFF an inclusive, interesting place and broke out many authors. Help if u can gofund.me/6ea1bf7a4
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Donate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markey
hello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The horror hill I will die on: The Exorcist III is the best entry in the series.
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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 07/10/2026
this october instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay. no coin fundraiser only fundraising Elise 🖤🖤 pls join us + spread the word
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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 06/10/2026
Seattle rocks

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I'm just flaired so I don't get fined
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Did your dog recently judge me?
On 10/2 I was standing at the corner of Westlake and Thomas around 7:30am, waiting for the walk signal. You walked up with a Shiba on a leash.

Your dog looked at me, looked at my shoes, then back at my face and held eye contact for a full eight seconds before turning away with a sigh. You were very apologetic and said "Oh, he does that" but I was so shaken I crossed against the light just to get away.
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey girl hey
Artist Yukio Mishima posing like St Sebastian, naked except for a loin cloth, tied up, pierced by arrows. But like in a hot way.
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
lol the ultimate womp womp "So your attempt to take over the government has failed and you are utterly humiliated"
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The problematics we'll turn a blind eye to for a pretty face!!!
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In my defense, he was hot
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 06/10/2026
sorry. unfollowing now. i just wanted to support queer poc authors. i didn't know he committed seppuku after a failed coup to restore the emperor of japan.
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CEATL @ceatl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"2026 In Ukraine, books are burning. Literally". Do not miss this: our very dear Cécile Deniard went to Ukraine to meet with, authors, translators, publishers… Their energy and creativity inspired her to write this opinion piece. www.ceatl.eu/despite-the-...
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Despite the bombing, Ukrainians are writing, translating, publishing and reading to preserve their freedom
French literary translator Cécile Deniard spent two weeks in Ukraine to offer her support to her colleagues on behalf of the European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations (CEATL). She took pa...
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gradientdescent @gradientdescent.net · 06/10/2026
boycott it so your trans friends don’t get a sick feeling in their stomach when they come over to your house for a party & see a stack of HP merch on your bookshelf, politely excuse themselves a bit early without saying anything, and then go home feeling just a little degraded
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Read @Gabino_Iglesias’ review of RED X by @daviddemchuk.com: “Demchuk wrote a horrendous, brutal novel, but one so important, and so dark, it should be required reading.”
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Red X by David Demchuk: Review by Gabino Iglesias
Red X, David Demchuk (Hell’s Hundred 978-1-64129-847-6, $19.95, 224pp, tp) June 2026. Cover by Matthew Flute. As a book nerd, I read everything; prologues, intro­ductions, author’s notes, acknowled…
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🍬 Abigail Kemske 🍬 @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This looks rad. 👀
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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 06/10/2026
Perfect time to preorder my ridiculous vampire novel, FANGS NOT INCLUDED! Then you'll get a lovely surprise when it shows up in May.
The cover of FANGS NOT INCLUDED, with four Indian vampiric girls, one of whom is holding a camera.
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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 06/10/2026
"It has no place in my world" is a god-tier fuckoff line
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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately
Hello Bone Colleagues, 
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans. 

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine 
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh it is so so good
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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 06/10/2026
Congratulations to all the winners!
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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just started listening to @scottedelman.bsky.social 's Eating the Fantastic discussion with @wiswell.bsky.social Absolutely fascinating! Something magical went down in Baltimore that day.
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hinged is overrated
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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New extra unhinged interview up at JMWW this morning. Thanks @swethaamit.bsky.social :) jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/c...
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Cause for Hope: An Interview with T. K. Rex by Swetha Amit
as I built this world, I wanted to explore the possibility of a better future than the one we’re currently facing.
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 magnificence. can I ask what hotel?
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Richard Hell still lives in the same one-bedroom tenement apartment in the East Village he's been in since 1974. Rebecca Flint Marx's article gives all the details of his remarkable tenure there, with fabulous photos by Winnie Au. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (Gift link 🎁)
Hell standing in the kitchen of his apartment.
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New Story Day: "Congratulations on your Magic Sword™" is now out in Lightspeed Magazine! Magic weapons keep turning against their owners over "improper usage." This story is a list of tips to keep you on your magic sword's good side! Legendary weapons, man. They're a real double-edged sword.
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Congratulations on your Magic Sword™ - Lightspeed Magazine
Congratulations on your Magic Sword"! For all inquiries as to its powers and perils, please consult the Virtue Exercises Manual". However, we know new users sometimes get in over their heads. That’s w...
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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
On Wednesday, the Protopian Prize announces our inaugural winners! We're excited to finally share these new voices. Join us for readings and interviews about imagining reachable, liberatory futures! luma.com/7dsq7uh2
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Protopian Prize - Online Winners Showcase! 🎉🎉 · Zoom · Luma
What if the future isn't doomed nor perfect, but it's genuinely better? Join us for a live reading and conversation celebrating the inaugural winners of the…
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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good news: @sfwa.bsky.social's Recommended Reading List once again lives! The general public and SFWA members can sort the list to see what SF/F novels, stories, poems, comics, scripts and games are receiving the most love and attention from the org's writers. 1/ www.patreon.com/jasonsanford...
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Genre Grapevine: Good News as the SFWA Recommend Reading List Returns | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
When Professor Farnsworth in Futurama says "Good news everyone!" it's rarely good news for his Planet Express crew. But in this case, the ne
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Hailey Kaas - Cancer Fund ($285/$650) @transqueerfem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brazilian elections are tomorrow. So, I'll continue this thread to keep talking about the political scenario here. As usual, I ask for your help to boost/contribute to my mom's cancer fund if you can ♥️ #mutualaid #helpsky #politics #Brazil #transcrowdfund ko-fi.com/haileykaas
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Buy Hailey Kaas a Coffee
Become a supporter of Hailey Kaas today!
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
we fucking loved it, even when there was basically nothing on it, and let me tell you something else: we loved it because of human connection, human diversity, human creativity. WE DON'T NEED A SINGLE THING ANY OF THESE COMEMIERDAS HAVE MADE AND TRIED TO SELL US IN ORDER TO HAVE A GREAT INTERNET.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Are you the kind of fall nerd I am? Starting in September, I track the sunset. Just a few weeks ago it was 7:40. Tonight it’s 6:57. I love the dark days at the end of the year. They’re where I feel most at home.
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Perfect Dark Moonlit Night Reflection
ALT: Perfect Dark Moonlit Night Reflection
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Brent C. Lambert @brentclambert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Three years ago (holy shit where does the time go!!) I got to introduce this world and these characters into the SFF ecosystem. I still admire the cover art constantly tbh. Could not be more grateful to @neonhemlock.bsky.social and @completelycathy.bsky.social www.neonhemlock.com/books/a-nece...
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A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert — neon hemlock
This title was published October 3rd, 2023. An 8” x 5” novella. 145 pages. In a world of magical empires and the anarchists that would tear them down, A Necessary Chaos follows two mages, Althus a...
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Same! Though I too have a soft spot for gorgosaurus
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is there no end to the joy and wonderment that @restingdinoface.bsky.social brings into our lives? For today her newsletter brings me word of A NEW TYRANNOSAUR THIS IS NOT A DRILL FRIENDS, we have a new tyrannosaur!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new albertosaurine from the Oldman Formation, Alberta, Canada, illuminates ambiguity between albertosaurine and tyrannosaurine characteristics
Tyrannosaurid species have often been considered to have high longevity and low diversity relative to contemporaneous megaherbivores. Recent chronospecies assertions around tyrannosaurid lineage ev...
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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My somewhat belated blog post about accessibility issues at the Los Angeles Worldcon is up: marikness.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/w...
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Worldcon 2026: Yes. Again.
Worldcon San Antonio 2013: I am on the floor, on a panel about poetry and fiction, unable to join my fellow panelists up on stage, because I am using a wheelchair, and the stage does not have a ram…
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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My article on Pokopia and the climate crisis is out in LARB today! @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social What do Bill, fictional inventor of the Pokémon storage system, and Joanna Russ, sf legend, have in common? lareviewofbooks.org/article/poke...
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Emma Osborne 🍉 @redscribe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey pals! My wonderful, talented gf’s freelance work has dried up, and in fabulous timing, we’ve just bought a house 😫 Please check out her new Patreon and consider signing up if you can! Thanks loves!! www.patreon.com/cw/OliviaMro...
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Olivia Mròz — Photographs and art
Get more from Olivia Mròz on Patreon. Photographs and art. Support Olivia Mròz and get exclusive access to their work.
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Rem Wigmore - Wolfpack out now! @remedy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I have a book coming out! When cowboy Kit Claybank is wronged by the sheriff's son, he seeks dark magic to enact revenge – but along the way he's forced to work with an enemy, and the magic has a higher price than either of them expect. books2read.com/servitor Out October 27th🤠
Servitor's Rest, Rem Wigmore. A figure on a horseback before a large statue and floating rocks, against a landscape of reds and browns.
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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have a story in this one! Not, alas, about astronaut cats! But it IS about fairies, and bargains!
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Halloween surprise for UK readers! My UK publisher has made THE DRAGON HAS COME COMPLAINTS only 99p for a limited time. Do you need a cantankerous dragon in your life?
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The Dragon Has Some Complaints: A Cozy Novel Of Friendship, Found Family and Dragons By The Award-Winning Author
The Dragon Has Some Complaints: A Cozy Novel Of Friendship, Found Family and Dragons By The Award-Winning Author eBook : Wiswell, John: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote a book-full of words on dyspraxia in adults, full of ideas, tips and tricks, and rants about transport. Now I'm serialising it on Patreon. You can read and support here: patreon.com/untanglingli...
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Untangling Life by Andi C. Buchanan — words!
Get more from Untangling Life by Andi C. Buchanan on Patreon. words!. Support Untangling Life by Andi C. Buchanan and get exclusive access to their work.
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Josh Crutchmer @jcrutchmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How is it mind boggling
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Mari Stein (מרים שטיין) @heymaristein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so great and also perfectly timed (I have therapy today)
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🍬 Abigail Kemske 🍬 @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m looking for a horror audiobook with excellent narration. Send me your recommendations!! My rec for you is “Hot Singles In Your Area” by @jordanshiveley.bsky.social ! Jordan’s writing is feral and visceral, with a sprinkling of humor. The narrator nails it. www.audible.com/pd/B0DYGK16K...
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Hot Singles in Your Area
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A blistering body-horror following two imperfect strangers ensnared by a sinister media powerhouse. Noah desperately needs a new job that involves less blood and piss than his current one. So, when he spots an ad for a newspaper with "No experience...
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh my G-d it is so good!!!!!!!
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
OMG WHAT A MAGNIFICENT MATCH!!! You + this = my most twisted dreams come true
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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He's back ⛓️🙏 HELLRAISER: RETURN OF THE PRIEST is on shelves wherever you get your comics! I am so incredibly proud of what Alessio Avallone and I made here, and so thankful to Clive Barker for inviting us to walk through Hell.
Zach Howard's cover for RETURN OF THE PRIEST Christian Wards cover for RETURN OF THE PRIESTFederico Sabbatinis cover for RETURN OF THE PRIESTAriel Olivetti's cover for RETURN OF THE PRIEST
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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 30/09/2026
My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The cover of my third novel, HERO COME HOME. Four human figures centred, the main image being that of a bearded man looking back over his shoulder (that's Oro, the protagonist), with a circle of symbols behind him. We can see a swan and a key. In the foreground are three people: two women, one with a mysterious marking? scar? who knows!? on her cheek and the other carrying a sword, flanking an older, balding man holding up a pistol. The possibly-scarred woman looks ever so slightly amused, and that is certainly very like her. Everybody else is not happy to be here, or indeed, anywhere
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