An Active Investigation

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) dig into Gideon the Ninth, Chapter 17. (Almost) everybody tries to call back the ghosts of absent friends. The Eighth get weird. The third also gets weird. Actually Necromancers generally are weird. This week's cover art is Content Warning: murder, grief, blood, self-harm, cannibalism, abuse, child soldiers, Further Reading: bell hooks (2004) The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love Posh Painter (2024) European Noble Titles Explained [note: this is straightforward and contains interesting etymological facts, but it's also hardcore uncritical of empire and monarchy] Naomi Novik (2020-2022) Scholomance Trilogy (A Deadly Education, The Last Graduate, and The Golden Enclaves)