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    Anaïs Gagneux is a fish out of water.

    To be "saris adam" is to walk off the beaten path, and the bookworm-turned-anthropologist in question is no exception. Armed with an endless font of wounded dignity, Anaïs, the eldest daughter of a French immigrant family, has made the world her oyster in a way few can claim to have done - especially so for an Orthodox Jew, well and truly "off the derech." Despite prospering from this chronic wanderlust, she, like so many of her people, is a woman on the run from memories better left buried.

    This relentlessly curious socialist's hard-won sense of security seems doomed to come to a screeching halt when her employer, Velvetone Records Inc., in the interest of freshly-minted talking machines, dispatches her on her furthest voyage yet. Stars align to place her on a fast-track collision course with her contact for a historic oral history interview - retired Hashira, Tengen Uzui.

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    15 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 31

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    Hellsing's Specialist Corporal Zemira Makhabi is a strange little woman. Serving as a shock trooper on one hand, and consultant on Judaic affairs on the other, to make up for the Christian organization's blind eye where matters of G-d's Chosen are concerned, she is situated in a precarious position. A position made that much worse by the woman's love for a good fight, lack of a silver tongue, and being haunted by old family ghosts she can't seem to lay to rest.

    That, and the fact she's shagging the No-Life King.

    For this, there are sure to be consequences. The extent of which is beyond the comprehension of anyone at the rebuilt Hellsing Manor. A grueling ten years following Millennium's defeat, new evils older and fouler than mere Nosferatu are resurging unto the human realm with a vengeance. HaShem willing, Hellsing will be ready. Especially if a certain headbanging little Canaanite has anything to say about it.

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    15 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 8

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    Jews don't go to Hell.

    And yet, one has. 

    Olive did not ask for much from this life. A quiet soul leading a quiet life in a quiet desert town, she was free at heart from the typical pitfalls of desperate mortality - hunger for power, fame, fortune, all these things sounded just plain stressful beyond worth, to her ears. But a bleeding heart and sensitive spirit can land a person in more trouble than Olive could have ever imagined. 

    Confused, terrified, and heartbroken, Olive must find a way to navigate her circumstances, discover why this fate befell her, and overcome trials of the very soul itself - come Hell, come high water, or come Gehinnom. 

    She just wanted to go home.

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    15 Jan 2026

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    [sequel to 'Marvelous Things', from dave's POV.]

    "Camping?" you echo skeptically. Spending a week without internet access isn't something you're eager to volunteer for. And you're not exactly the outdoor type. Sunshine is not your friend. Why he would think you'd want to spend your spring break in the middle of nowhere, out in the open, sleeping in a tent...

    ... in a tent with John Egbert, in the middle of nowhere, just the two of you... sharing a sleeping bag for warmth... no one to hear his doofy giggling... or any other noises he might happen to make...

    A slow smile spreads over your face. "Whatever you want, baby."

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    23 Aug 2018

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    "Helmets?"

    Dave Strider was many things; Talented? Yes. Ironic beyond all compare? No shit. Sexier than Brad Pitt in Fight Club? Obviously. Maker of some of the finest damn music this side of Venus? Hell to the fucking yes.

    A wannabe robot with a gold helmet?

    Not a chance in hell.

     

    (Written by: Hammer and Time)

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    27 Jul 2018