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Lovely Angel in the House!

Dirty Pair Blu-ray Set & Art Book

A hair over Four Years Ago I signed up for the Kickstarter Campaign to bring the Dirty Pair to Blu-ray. Yesterday, the goods were delivered to my doorstep. Finally!

Last night I sampled the set by watching the first two episodes of the TV series. I have to say that the video is amazingly crisp and saturated with color. I would never have imagined that frames from an anime series from the 1980s could look so good. I’m quite used to seeing the Dirty Pair on VHS videotape. Such a difference! I’m so happy to have the complete series on Blu-ray!

The art book is a welcome addition to my collection. It weighs in at 300 pages. However, I could have done without 140 pages of sketchy storyboards. The other 160 pages are all treasure-worthy.

FYI The TV series is still available at Crunchyroll.

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Book Tour Starting Next Week

I don't think I posted about this yet: https://us.macmillan.com/tours/martha-wells-queen-demon/

There's more info at that link, but here's a brief list of the tour stops and dates:

- Mon. Oct. 6 at 7:30pm: Brookline Booksmith with Holly Black, offsite at Arts at the Armory (Brookline, MA)

- Tues. Oct. 7 at 7pm: Politics & Prose (Union Market location) moderated by Leigha McReynolds (Washington DC)

- Wed. Oct. 8 at 7pm: The Strand, with Meg Elison (NYC, NY)

- Fri. Oct. 10 at 6pm: Let’s Play Books, with Chuck Wendig, offsite at Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)

- Tues. Oct. 14 at 7pm, Third Place Books (Seattle, WA)

- Wed. Oct. 15 at 7pm, Iron Dog Books, with Nalo Hopkinson offsite at Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island (Vancouver, BC, Canada)

- Thurs. Oct. 16 at 7pm, Powell's (Cedar Hill location) with Jenn Reese (Beaverton, OR)

- Mon. Oct. 20 at 7pm: Bookpeople, with Ehigbor Okosun (Austin, TX)

- Tue. Oct. 21 at 6:30pm: Murder by the Book (Houston, TX)

- Thurs. Oct. 23 at 6pm: Nowhere Bookshop (San Antonio, TX)

- Saturday Nov. 8-9 Texas Book Festival, Austin TX

- Sat. Nov. 15 at 2pm: Hyperbole Bookstore, offsite at Ringer Library (College Station, TX)

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Queen Demon Playlist

I did a playlist for Witch King (https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/627157.html) when it first came out in 2023, and now here's one for Queen Demon:

Seven Devils - Florence + Machine

Burning - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Bando - ANNA with MadMan and Gemitaiz

Bringing Murder to the Land - Anton Newcombe and Dot Allison

Bulletproof vs. Release Me - The Outfit

I Owe You Nothing - Seinabo Sey

W.I.T.C.H. - Devon Cole

Egun (theme from Manhunt) - Danielle Ponder

Warm - SG Lewis

Disease - Lady Gaga

Which Witch (Demo) - Florence + Machine

you should see me in a crown - Billie Eilish

Bakunawa - Rudy Ibarra, with June Millington, Han Han, and Ouida.

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k-pop

TWICE in October

TWICE One in a Mill10n Documentary Movie Trailer

This week TWICE announced the North America / Europe Leg of their This Is For Concert Tour. This portion of the tour starts in January 2026, and the group is returning to Seattle!

The expected bad news is that the ticketing is handled by Ticketmaster. Boo! Ticket presale is Thursday, October 9 – and it will be a random and chaotic bloodbath. I’m signed up for the presale and will be among the thousands and thousands of ONCE in the dreaded waiting room. Will I get a good seat? Will I get a seat at all? Who knows?

I’ve done my research on Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, and I know where I want to sit. What one wants isn’t necessarily what one gets. And Ticketmaster hikes their prices for the best seats. Let’s just say I’ll be anxiety-ridden all morning – and perhaps the day before.

On the more peaceful side, the nationwide release of One in a Mill10n (One in a Million) – the 10th anniversary TWICE documentary movie – begins on October 20. (Movie Trailer - YouTube) At my local Cinemark Theater, the movie is showing all week. I bought a ticket for opening night. Can’t wait!

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upcoming publications

Short Story

The audio version of “Data Ghost” my short story from the recent Storyteller: the Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology is now online at Pseudopod!

https://pseudopod.org/2025/09/26/pseudopod-995-data-ghost/

Also, Queen Demon, the sequel to Witch King, will be out on October 7, in ebook, hardcover, and audiobook narrated by Eric Mok.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/queen-demon-martha-wells/b7abd63577bd30a5?ean=9781250826916&next=t

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Library Update #12: Painting Complete

Living Room, South End, Painted
iPhone 13 mini photo

Painting the library took all week, and the crew finished at 2:00 pm today. The room hadn’t been painted in 23 years, and the refresh is sleek and bright. All the brown wood trim and off-white front and back doors are gone. The room looks radiant.

Living Room, North End, Painted
iPhone 13 mini photo

Also, the red brick fireplace was painted black:

Fireplace, Painted
iPhone 13 mini photo

At various times during painting, we had restricted access to the kitchen, the new storage cabinets, and the front and back doors. I’m glad the noisy, messy week is over. I’m pleased with the result.

Next week: Bookwall installation.

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“Go and love some more.”

Twenty First Ave Kitchen & Bar
NW 21st Ave • Portland, Oregon
September 21, 2025
Sony RX100 VII • Zeiss 24-200mm (35mm equiv) f/2.8-4.5
f/4 @ 38mm • 1/8s • ISO 1600

The worst thing about going to Cinema 21 to see a movie is finding street parking. I’m not thrilled about the hunt – and I’m not so great at parallel parking into the tight spaces. I thought I would take a chance on Cinema 21’s Parking Recommendations and use the Legacy Parking Garage on NW Kearney.

I padded my schedule in case I needed to do a street parking search. Sunday, I left home at 6 pm, and Google suggested that the scenic route on SW Barnes Rd and W Broadway would be the fastest – and I prefer that route to the Sunset Highway any day.

( An Evening at the Movies )