In all seriousness though, Netflix, stop using AI for your show summaries. It's already embarrassing.

Okay, let's not get *too* wild here

Yes.

Return of the King didn't sweep the Oscars just to be ignored by some tech bro.

(Full disclosure: I haven't seen Up in 15 years, so I don't remember if he saves the day by being a good guard dog or something. If so, I am sorry for slandering his good name, whatever it is. I did it for the meme, and to slander Sauron's not so good name. What were his parents on, anyway?)

Seriously. The Eye of Sauron was distracted by a bunch of shiny things until it was much too late to do anything about the actual threat. This isn't even a literacy thing, it's in the movies.

Why name your security company after the high fantasy equivalent of the dog from Up?

Anyway, thank you to @hookandquillpress.com for the ARC. If you all are inclined to preorder ebooks, you'd better do that by 1/1/2026, since if you don't, you'll never be able to preorder it again.

And that includes the real main character, Bludeye Beach itself. I'm a sucker for location characters, and this one has it all as far as I'm concerned. I'm glad there are going to be more books set here, anyway; it always feels like there's more to find out.

You do! I'm gonna post about it more and shoutier tomorrow, I'm not quite at the end yet.

It's a very nice cozy beach novel that comes out in a few days

You say it's a trip, but you're talking like a local 👀

I've got Scruffy's back, all day every day.

I just...I don't know who to believe anymore

What, how dare you do this to Scruffy

I'll admit I'm not a fan of body horror, but this has opened some ideas in my head...

"We even tried making a garden of our own to grow, and it seems they took exception to that."

"Yes, but it was--"

"It was in one of their ears, yes, I need not be reminded. We lost five good men that day."

He will Buc them right up

Levels so high off the charts, they're in a dirigible.