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The Austere Academy 2000Also comic and cool
The Hostile Hospital 2001Also comic, ironic and cool
The Ersatz Elevator 2001Also comic, ironic and plot-driven
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The Miserable Mill 2000Also comic, ironic and plot-driven
Big Over Easy (Nursery Crime, #1) 2005Also cool and plot-driven
Ensel Und Krete 2000Also comic, cool and ironic
The last days of Louisiana Red 1974Also cool and plot-driven
The Grim Grotto 2004Also plot-driven
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Games
Techno Banter 2025Also comic and plot-driven
Reigns: Her Majesty 2017Also comic, cool and ironic
The Procession to Calvary 2020Also comic, ironic and plot-driven
Films
Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949Also cool and comic
Beetlejuice 1988Also comic
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future 1985Also cool and plot-driven
Albums
- Alright, Still 2006Also cool, comic and ironic
- Spirit Phone 2016Also cool, comic and plot-driven
- Beat Poetry for Survivalists 2020Also cool
Series
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman 1976Also comic, cool and ironic
The Decameron 2024Also cool and ironic
Mary Shelley's Frankenhole 2010Also comic, cool and ironic
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