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* FemmeFatale: Annabel St. Clair of ''Amante Doree''. Although, as Quentin [[UnsettlingGenderReveal discovers]], she's technically a [[spoiler: Transsexual homme fatal]].
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* FemmeFatale: Annabel St. Clair of ''Amante Doree''. Although, as Quentin [[UnsettlingGenderReveal discovers]], she's technically a [[spoiler: Transsexual transgender homme fatal]].
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* {{Sexposition}}: In "Amante Doree," Sevier and Annabel discuss Vasquez's murder and why the British government are upset about it. Or rather, Sevier discusses it while making Annabel go down on him.
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This is a non-themed short-fiction collection by Creator/SarahMonette. Most of the stories fall into the category of speculative fiction, but weirdness of the earthly variety carries a few. Be prepared for a [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent catfish mermaid]], [[GenderBending gender benders]] {{gender bender}}s both fantastical and mundane, and a [[AfterlifeExpress train ride]] into steampunk Hell. Enjoy the ride.
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* MacGuffinGuardian: Clement asks Booth to rescue St. Christopher's Glass from the goblins (''The World without Sleep''). [[spoiler: The guardians are really the Shadows, and the goblins are good guys.]]
* MockGuffin: A good example appears in [[spoiler: ''The World without Sleep'', wherein the blind dominie Clement, who can't even see the light in St. Christopher's Glass, begs Booth to retrieve it from the goblins because the vampires' fear of it is the only thing holding them back from utter brutality. As it turns out, not only do the goblins not have it, but the vampires don't fear it, already know it's gone, and want to help Booth return it to Clement.]]
* MockGuffin: A good example appears in [[spoiler: ''The World without Sleep'', wherein the blind dominie Clement, who can't even see the light in St. Christopher's Glass, begs Booth to retrieve it from the goblins because the vampires' fear of it is the only thing holding them back from utter brutality. As it turns out, not only do the goblins not have it, but the vampires don't fear it, already know it's gone, and want to help Booth return it to Clement.]]
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* MacGuffinGuardian: Clement asks Booth to rescue St. Christopher's Glass from the goblins (''The World without Without Sleep''). [[spoiler: The guardians are really the Shadows, and the goblins are good guys.]]
* MockGuffin: A good example appears in [[spoiler: ''The Worldwithout Without Sleep'', wherein the blind dominie Clement, who can't even see the light in St. Christopher's Glass, begs Booth to retrieve it from the goblins because the vampires' fear of it is the only thing holding them back from utter brutality. As it turns out, not only do the goblins not have it, but the vampires don't fear it, already know it's gone, and want to help Booth return it to Clement.]]Clement]].
* MockGuffin: A good example appears in [[spoiler: ''The World
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* RescuedFromTheUnderworld: Subverted in ''Katabasis: Seraphic Trains'', where [[spoiler: Sean would rather stay in his strangely [[IronicHell appropriate]] Hell than return to life]].
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* DeadpanSnarker: Annabel St. Clair of ''Amante Doree'' and Mitch and Jamie from ''A Night in Electric Squidland''.
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* VirginSacrifice: Demanded by the monster in ''Darkness, As a Bride''.
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* VirginSacrifice: Demanded by the monster in ''Darkness, As a Bride''. The townsfolk try to trick him with a mechanical virgin, and he's not fooled for a second.
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* AfterlifeExpress: Bram takes it in ''Katabasis: Seraphic Trains''.
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* AfterlifeExpress: Bram takes it The titular trains in ''Katabasis: Seraphic Trains''.Trains''. They are rumored to run from the city to Heaven, Hell, and Faerie, and will only stop for the chosen ones.
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* IceQueen: Clair from ''Katabasis: Seraphic Trains''.
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* IceQueen: Clair from ''Katabasis: Seraphic Trains''. She refuses to show any real affection to Sean or his poetry, or to anyone else for that matter; it's implied she loves the city more than any living creature.
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This is a non-themed short-fiction collection by SarahMonette.Creator/SarahMonette. Most of the stories fall into the category of speculative fiction, but weirdness of the earthly variety carries a few. Be prepared for a [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent catfish mermaid]], [[GenderBending gender benders]] both fantastical and mundane, and a [[AfterlifeExpress train ride]] into steampunk Hell. Enjoy the ride.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Ranging from [[HollywoodScience radiation that spawns]] dragons (''After the Dragon'') to unexplained clairvoyance (''A Night In Electric Squidland'', ''Impostor''.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Ranging from [[HollywoodScience radiation that spawns]] dragons (''After the Dragon'') to unexplained clairvoyance (''A Night In Electric Squidland'', ''Impostor''.''Impostor'').
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* CreepyBlueEyes: Mick's, as described in ''A Night in Electric Squidland'' and ''Impostors''.
* CreepyChildrenSinging: The murdered ghosts singing the eponymous tune in ''Ashes, Ashes''.
* CreepyChildrenSinging: The murdered ghosts singing the eponymous tune in ''Ashes, Ashes''.
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* UndeadChild: The ghosts in ''Ashes, Ashes''.
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* MockMacGuffin: A good example appears in [[spoiler: ''The World without Sleep'', wherein the blind dominie Clement, who can't even see the light in St. Christopher's Glass, begs Booth to retrieve it from the goblins because the vampires' fear of it is the only thing holding them back from utter brutality. As it turns out, not only do the goblins not have it, but the vampires don't fear it, already know it's gone, and want to help Booth return it to Clement.]]
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* MockMacGuffin: MockGuffin: A good example appears in [[spoiler: ''The World without Sleep'', wherein the blind dominie Clement, who can't even see the light in St. Christopher's Glass, begs Booth to retrieve it from the goblins because the vampires' fear of it is the only thing holding them back from utter brutality. As it turns out, not only do the goblins not have it, but the vampires don't fear it, already know it's gone, and want to help Booth return it to Clement.]]
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* FemmeFatale: Annabel St. Clair of ''Amante Doree''. Although, as Quentin [[UnsettlingGenderReveal discovers]], she's technically a [[spoiler: [[Transsexual homme fatal]].
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* IncompatibleOrientation: Leads IceQueen: Clair from ''Katabasis: Seraphic Trains''.
* MacGuffinGuardian: Clement asks Booth to rescue St. Christopher's Glass from theDownerEnding of goblins (''The World without Sleep''). [[spoiler: ''Amante Doree'']].The guardians are really the Shadows, and the goblins are good guys.]]
* MockMacGuffin: A good example appears in [[spoiler: ''The World without Sleep'', wherein the blind dominie Clement, who can't even see the light in St. Christopher's Glass, begs Booth to retrieve it from the goblins because the vampires' fear of it is the only thing holding them back from utter brutality. As it turns out, not only do the goblins not have it, but the vampires don't fear it, already know it's gone, and want to help Booth return it to Clement.]]
* MacGuffinGuardian: Clement asks Booth to rescue St. Christopher's Glass from the
* MockMacGuffin: A good example appears in [[spoiler: ''The World without Sleep'', wherein the blind dominie Clement, who can't even see the light in St. Christopher's Glass, begs Booth to retrieve it from the goblins because the vampires' fear of it is the only thing holding them back from utter brutality. As it turns out, not only do the goblins not have it, but the vampires don't fear it, already know it's gone, and want to help Booth return it to Clement.]]
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* FemmeFatale: Annabel St. Clair of ''Amante Doree''. [[spoiler: As Quentin [[UnsettlingGenderReveal discovers]], she's technically a [[spoiler: [[Transsexual homme fatal]].
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* FemmeFatale: Annabel St. Clair of ''Amante Doree''. [[spoiler: As Although, as Quentin [[UnsettlingGenderReveal discovers]], she's technically a [[spoiler: [[Transsexual homme fatal]].
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* WarIsHell: Not only are most of the people you work with and most of the people who might capture you rapists and torturers, but you may wake up in somebody [[GenderBender else]]'s body... looking at your own crushed one (''No Man's Land'.)
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* WarIsHell: Not only are most of the people you work with and most of the people who might capture you rapists and torturers, but you may wake up in somebody [[GenderBender else]]'s body... looking at your own crushed one (''No Man's Land'.Land''.)
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* GenderBender: In ''No Man's Land'', a male soldier suddenly finds himself in the body of an enemy female soldier... and looking at his dead original body.
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* FemmeFatale: Annabel St. Clair of ''Amante Doree''. [[spoiler: As Quentin [[UnsettlingGenderReveal discovers]], she's technically a [[spoiler: [[Transsexual homme fatal]].
* GenderBender: In ''No Man's Land'', a male soldier suddenly finds himself in the body of an enemy female soldier... and looking at hisdead original body.body, which is now dead.
* GenderBender: In ''No Man's Land'', a male soldier suddenly finds himself in the body of an enemy female soldier... and looking at his
* NicknamingTheEnemy: While ''No Man's Land'' doesn't explicitly state that "Koth" and "Yoggo" are nicknames, they don't sound like names you'd give yourself, and generally appear in derogatory contexts.
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* VirginSacrifice: A Frankenstein variant occurs in ''Darkness, As a Bride''.
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* VirginSacrifice: A Frankenstein variant occurs Demanded by the monster in ''Darkness, As a Bride''.Bride''.
* WarIsHell: Not only are most of the people you work with and most of the people who might capture you rapists and torturers, but you may wake up in somebody [[GenderBender else]]'s body... looking at your own crushed one (''No Man's Land'.)
* WarIsHell: Not only are most of the people you work with and most of the people who might capture you rapists and torturers, but you may wake up in somebody [[GenderBender else]]'s body... looking at your own crushed one (''No Man's Land'.)
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: "Respectable" spy Quentin's reaction to this exchange with courtesan-spy Annabel in ''Amante Doree'':
---> "[Mistrust] is one of the hazards of our profession."
---> "Truly. Courtesans are such notorious liars."
---> "[Mistrust] is one of the hazards of our profession."
---> "Truly. Courtesans are such notorious liars."
* DeadpanSnarker: Annabel St. Clair of ''Amante Doree'' and Mitch and Jamie from ''A Night in Electric Squidland''.
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* TheSpymaster: Jules Sevier (''AmanteDoree'').
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* CreatingLife: How the townsfolk produce a virgin sacrifice for the monster in ''Darkness, As a Bride''. [[spoiler: It works out about as well as the title suggests.]]
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* DramaticDrop: Booth experiences one after a crowd of vampires surrounds him in ''The World Without Sleep''.
* MixAndMatchMan: Well, woman, technically: the intended sacrifice of ''Darkness, as a Bride."
* MixAndMatchMan: Well, woman, technically: the intended sacrifice of ''Darkness, as a Bride."
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* DramaticDrop: Booth experiences one after a crowd of vampires surrounds him in ''The World Without Sleep''.
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* GenderBender: In ''No Man's Land'', a male soldier suddenly finds himself in theintended sacrifice body of ''Darkness, as a Bride."an enemy female soldier... and looking at his dead original body.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Leads to the DownerEnding of [[spoiler: ''Amante Doree]].
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Ranging from [[HollywoodScience radiation that spawns]] dragaons (''After the Dragon'') to unexplained clairvoyance (''A Night In Electric Squidland'', ''Impostor''.
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* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The demi-angel whom Booth encounters in ''The World without Sleep'' is beautiful, androgynous, and deeply concerned with the well-being of his parishioners... but also blind, gullible, prejudiced, and capable of temper tantrums.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: In ''National Geographic on Assignment: Mermaids of the Old West'', different fish species each produce their own mermaid variant.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: In ''The World without Sleep'', vampires are hideously ugly, reek of old and new blood, and make no bones about their predatory nature, but they're scrupulous about keeping their promises. They also hopelessly love demi-angels and run factories that manufacture [[spoiler: night]].
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: In ''National Geographic on Assignment: Mermaids of the Old West'', different fish species each produce their own mermaid variant.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: In ''The World without Sleep'', vampires are hideously ugly, reek of old and new blood, and make no bones about their predatory nature, but they're scrupulous about keeping their promises. They also hopelessly love demi-angels and run factories that manufacture [[spoiler: night]].
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Ranging from [[HollywoodScience]] radiation spawning [[Dragon dragons]] (''After the Dragon'') to unexplained clairvoyance (''A Night In Electric Squidland'', ''Impostor''.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Ranging from [[HollywoodScience]] [[HollywoodScience radiation spawning [[Dragon dragons]] that spawns]] dragaons (''After the Dragon'') to unexplained clairvoyance (''A Night In Electric Squidland'', ''Impostor''.
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This is a non-themed short-fiction collection by Sarah Monette. Most of the stories fall into the category of speculative fiction, but weirdness of the earthly variety carries a few. Be prepared for a [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent catfish mermaid]], [[GenderBending gender benders]] both fantastical and mundane, and a [[AfterlifeExpress train ride]] into steampunk Hell. Enjoy the ride.
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!!''Somewhere Between Those Waves'' contains examples of:
* AfterlifeExpress: Bram takes it in ''Katabasis: Seraphic Trains''.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Ranging from [[HollywoodScience]] radiation spawning [[Dragon dragons]] (''After the Dragon'') to unexplained clairvoyance (''A Night In Electric Squidland'', ''Impostor''.
* ComeToGawk: At the mermaids in ''National Geographic on Assignment: Mermaids of the Old West''.
* ComfortingTheWidow: A gay version occurs in ''Absent from Felicity''.
* DragonsAreDinosaurs: ''Draco Campestris''.
* DramaticDrop: Booth experiences one after a crowd of vampires surrounds him in ''The World Without Sleep''.
* MixAndMatchMan: Well, woman, technically: the intended sacrifice of ''Darkness, as a Bride."
* OrpheanRescue: Subverted in ''Katabasis: Seraphic Trains'', where [[spoiler: Sean would rather stay in his strangely [[IronicHell appropriate]] Hell than return to life]].
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Enid wants to do this to [[spoiler: old Mrs. Latham]] in ''The Seance at Chisholm End''.
* RapeAsDrama: ''No Man's Land'', ''A Light in Troy''.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: The accidental BodySurf in ''No Man's Land''.
* TwinTelepathy: Venefidezzi and his brother's transcends death (''The Seance at Chisholm End'').
* VirginSacrifice: A Frankenstein
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!!''Somewhere Between Those Waves'' contains examples of:
* AfterlifeExpress: Bram takes it in ''Katabasis: Seraphic Trains''.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Ranging from [[HollywoodScience]] radiation spawning [[Dragon dragons]] (''After the Dragon'') to unexplained clairvoyance (''A Night In Electric Squidland'', ''Impostor''.
* ComeToGawk: At the mermaids in ''National Geographic on Assignment: Mermaids of the Old West''.
* ComfortingTheWidow: A gay version occurs in ''Absent from Felicity''.
* DragonsAreDinosaurs: ''Draco Campestris''.
* DramaticDrop: Booth experiences one after a crowd of vampires surrounds him in ''The World Without Sleep''.
* MixAndMatchMan: Well, woman, technically: the intended sacrifice of ''Darkness, as a Bride."
* OrpheanRescue: Subverted in ''Katabasis: Seraphic Trains'', where [[spoiler: Sean would rather stay in his strangely [[IronicHell appropriate]] Hell than return to life]].
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Enid wants to do this to [[spoiler: old Mrs. Latham]] in ''The Seance at Chisholm End''.
* RapeAsDrama: ''No Man's Land'', ''A Light in Troy''.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: The accidental BodySurf in ''No Man's Land''.
* TwinTelepathy: Venefidezzi and his brother's transcends death (''The Seance at Chisholm End'').
* VirginSacrifice: A Frankenstein
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