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Twice a month, we explore the worlds inside your favourite sci-fi and fantasy novels and build our own right alongside them. Whether you're constructing your next novel, TTRPG setting, or just love speculative fiction, pull up a chair at the Tavern!

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Intro and outro music: \"The Tavern\" by Michael Ghelfi
Proprietor's Pick: Lone Women by Victor LaValle
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