November 06, 2020 at 10:03PM

The Witch’s Cavern: A Realistic and Thrilling Picture of London Society. Henry Crocker Marriott Watson, writing as “One Who Knows.” New York: The Minerva Publishing Company, 48 University Place, 1890. First U.S. edition. ⠀
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“Science fiction novel in which a student of a scientifically advanced Australia of 2990 undertakes an expedition to barbaric England and, while there, finds himself transported back to a time when England was still a going concern.”

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The recipe called for murder; I did not misread it: 6 SPRIGS FRESH DILL, as much SALT as you can stand, and take a KNIFE to the one that failed you. 1 WHOLE POTATO, 1 WHOLE CARROT. You will not be cold this winter, you will not.

Sonya Vatomsky, “Apotheosis,” Salt is for Curing

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