A feast of short stories from Rachel Lawson's The Magicians series.
Starting with * Star Crossed
A Novelette
The Necromantor, the King of Doom meets his match with a grey alien diplomat's sister Mookaite Ga her brother tries to break them up not because of racism but because he's a jinx because all women he loves die according to the drunk Masked Chicken. They have Romeo and Juliet relationship. It all goes wrong when the press turns up and the secret lovers are caught revealing the existence of aliens and their relationship. Will it help or hinder their relationship?
The book ends with The Requiem a short story where the ghost of one the Magicians goes to his own funeral drunk.
Most of the stories have a gothic dark fantasy or horror feel. The order of the book here:
StarcrossedThe Cult of DeathThe Innocent KillerThe GrudgeThe Last DanceLeft for deadDanse MacabreFetchAlien invasionSurrender offers rest, But I'd die for peaceBrokenHell is Empty and All the Devils Are HereThe Necromancer goes to jailJasper's FateThe Emperor is dead, long live the KingThe requiemsamples are Staring the Lance Sr(the Necromancer) and Lance Jr.(Prince Jasper the Necromantor / Mr Average)
Starcrossed Jr
Surrender offers rest, But I'd die for peace Jr and Sr
The necromancer goes to jail Sr
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