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* {{Fourth-Wall Mail Slot}}: A central conceit of the series; there's a standing form for readers to submit questions.

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* {{Monster Clown}}: Subtly implied, along with Alistair grimly advising the reader to fight back.

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* {{Fourth-Wall Mail Slot}}: A central conceit of the series; there's a standing form for readers to submit questions.
* {{Monster Clown}}: Subtly implied, Implied in one letter, along with Alistair grimly advising the reader to fight back.
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Ask Alistair is a web-based {{New Weird}} series chronicling the bizarre questions asked of an advice columnist and his replies. Alistair himself seems rarely puzzled by, for instance, the proposal that a ghost is taking over an electrical engineer and wants advice on how best to pull it off.

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Ask Alistair is a web-based {{New Weird}} {{Bizarro Fiction}} series chronicling the bizarre questions asked of an advice columnist and his replies. Alistair himself seems rarely puzzled by, for instance, the proposal that a ghost is taking over an electrical engineer and wants advice on how best to pull it off.
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Ask Alistair is a largely web-based New Weird series chronicling the bizarre questions asked of an advice columnist and his replies. Alistair himself seems rarely puzzled by, for instance, the proposal that a ghost is taking over an electrical engineer and wants advice on how best to pull it off.

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Ask Alistair is a largely web-based New Weird {{New Weird}} series chronicling the bizarre questions asked of an advice columnist and his replies. Alistair himself seems rarely puzzled by, for instance, the proposal that a ghost is taking over an electrical engineer and wants advice on how best to pull it off.
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Ask Alistair is a largely web-based New Weird series chronicling the bizarre questions asked of an advice columnist and his replies. Alistair himself seems rarely puzzled by, for instance, the proposal that a ghost is taking over an electrical engineer and wants advice on how best to pull it off.

A collection was released in 2015, retroactively giving Alistair a history.

The official website is linked here[[https://askalistair.com/]].

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!! Ask Alistair contains examples of:
* {{Our Dragons Are Different}}: Both Western and Eastern dragons are addressed, and referred to as such.
* {{Eldritch Abomination}}: Frequently writes in.
* {{Monster Clown}}: Subtly implied, along with Alistair grimly advising the reader to fight back.
* {{Politically Incorrect Hero}}: "Hero" may be stretching it, but Alistair has a fixation on mistrusting any female mentioned in the letters.
* {{Seen It All}}: Between not only having an answer for almost any question and frequently referencing precedent on bizarre issues, Alistair definitely gives this impression.
* {{Surreal Horror}}: An oddly light example.

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