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by fbn79 146 days ago
"The House of Asterion" is the most beautifully written thing I have ever read. https://klasrum.weebly.com/uploads/9/0/9/1/9091667/the_house...
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internet_points 146 days ago
I read that after seeing it was a forgotten inspiration for Piranesi: https://www.betterreading.com.au/news/author-related/susanna...

(And probably House of Leaves)

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RationPhantoms 146 days ago
It was lost on me at first because I had none of the background, it's now beautiful in hindsight with the context.
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Eliand 146 days ago
The last words almost make me cry everytime I read them. It's such a beautiful tale.
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sylos 146 days ago
Holy cow, that was amazing.
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