This is an approximation of the furnished studio apartment Cookie Pusher moves into during the course of Foreign Nationals of Unusual Importance, as it appeared when he arrived. The footprint of the usable space is twenty-four feet (7.3 meters) square, with a four-foot-wide balcony inset next to the sleeping area.

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Late in 2018 Kelly the Drawing Unicorn was working her way through a gigantic commission backlog. As part of it she dashed out a version of Cook.

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I rubbed my forehead. I wasn’t imagining it; a headache really was manifesting. “Do I need to talk to her too?” I didn’t bother to control my resigned tone.

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Fimficion’s selection and system of tags is pretty decent, in my view. They cover most or all of the bases, and—applied properly—are rigorous and literary enough to be truly useful. (Really, the only improvement I’d like to see would be the ability to filter out tags. In my case, for instance, “Crossover” and “Second Person” are deal-breakers, and I’d prefer not to see stories with those tags in search results, even if other tags do match my preferences. Addendum:

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I’ve been waiting for “Get the Show on the Road” since the foreign-language version popped up weeks ago! I wanted to know more about what was going on in it. The song itself is just meh, but the concept is amusing, and makes sense given where the writers seem to be going with EG. Fan of Most Everything sent a note to make certain I didn’t miss it, and observed

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1. Lectern’s New and Used Books: Summer Break and Fall Semester
2. Foreign Nationals of Unusual Importance

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