{"id":26603,"date":"2026-04-20T19:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=26603"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:32:31","slug":"rag-and-bone-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/26603","title":{"rendered":"Rag and Bone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rag and Bone<\/em><\/a> (2016) KJ Charles<\/a> (A Charm of Magpies World)<\/p>\n

\"Rag<\/a><\/p>\n

He gave it a cautious shake, heard the faintest rattle. A sealed jug, full of something. He could break the seal, prise off the wax, and have a look inside. Or he could find a rusty hatpin and jam it into his eyeball, because that seemed about as sensible and, in his experience of magic, would probably be no more unpleasant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ned didn\u2019t have family himself, not since he\u2019d been caught kissing a sailor. His brother had put the boot in, and then his father had used his fists, and then he\u2019d heard the church was going to pray for him and he\u2019d got out of Shad Thames faster than a scalded cat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Edward Isaac Hall, Crispin Tredarloe, Mr. Maupert, Waterford, Jennifer Saint, Janossi, Mrs. Esther Gold, Mr. Macready, Mr. Stephen Day, Dr. Sweet, Mr. Voake<\/p>\n

Cover by Lexiconic Design<\/p>\n

Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Or he could find a rusty hatpin and jam it into his eyeball, because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,27,30,938,292,2,204,33,148,41,56],"tags":[50,476,544],"class_list":["post-26603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-5-10","category-alternate-history","category-british","category-dual-point-of-view","category-ebook","category-fantasy","category-good","category-historical","category-queer","category-reread","category-sexual-content","tag-boinking","tag-kj-charles","tag-mm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6V5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10891,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10891","url_meta":{"origin":26603,"position":0},"title":"Rag and Bone","author":"Michelle","date":"May 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Rag and Bone (2016) KJ Charles (Rag and Bone) This is set after Flight of Magpies and continues the story started in A Queer Trade. 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