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6	''[[https://gutsandsass.pressbooks.com/ Guts and Sass: An Anti-Epic]]'' by M.E. Traylor is the story of when semi-suicidal vet Hannah Roverton gets transported to a MagicalLand, thus abandoning her cat, her sister, and her therapist. Except actually, it’s not. Welcome to a land embroiled in war and invasion with a pinch of magic, meet pirates, shapeshifters, and chicks with swords. Now throw your expectations out the window. Got no heroes, no glory, and it ain’t no lie.
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8	''Guts and Sass'' deconstructs many popular fantasy tropes in an attempt to write a story with all the tropey goodness, without the sickly sweet stickiness of stereotypes. ''Guts and Sass'' begins when semi-suicidal veteran of the Colombian drug war Hannah Roverton begins making dream friends with an anthropomorphic body of water, then unceremoniously gets herself killed, catalyzing her literal transportation to a MagicalLand. She finds herself on a ship of pirates on a mission, discovers there is an invading [[TheHorde horde]], and tends to think she's been kidnapped by a bunch of rabid D&D fans. ''Guts and Sass'' explores several lifeways in depth, including feudal agriculturalist monarchy, hunter-gatherer, and semi-domestic pastoralists. The story also explores third gender, gender crossing, and transgender, as well as a variety of sexualities.
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11	* CasualKink: Litin, one of the healers on the ship, is an empowered, self-confident masochist.
12	%%* ConstructedWorld
13	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast: Efeddre.
14	* FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct: The Lridrisy, a species of giant shapeshifting cats, have blood with potent healing properties.
15	* HealingPotion: Rethor is a potion condensed from the blood of Lridrisy that catalyzes impossibly fast healing. Raw Lridrisy blood also has this property, but it is not as strong until distilled into Rethor.
16	* TheHorde: The Drifalcand are an unorganized, pantheistic, orgiastic invading horde.
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18	%%* PirateGirl: Ridiath.
19	* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Sergilé and Drifalcand.
20	%%* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Hannah Roverton.

Context Literature / GutsAndSass