The manuscript-stabbing dagger is at hand. This stabbed my first complete typewritten novel manuscript (that of Bones of Starlight 1: Fire Within), and also made an appearance at Suite of the Endless, the Saturday night Sasquan (WorldCon 2015 Spokane) room party that I held while Fire Within was still in online serialization. It was present as an implement of Death of the Endless (myself), the evening’s host.

It stood upright in the first, but I did switch to a different paper…