A review by expendablemudge
Apex Magazine Issue 105 by Jason Sizemore

5.0

2019 UPDATE "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" has won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story!! Many congratulations, Author Harrow!

5-star read. Perfect. Read it free.

(There have only ever been two kinds of librarians in the history of the world: the prudish, bitter ones with lipstick running into the cracks around their lips who believe the books are their personal property and patrons are dangerous delinquents come to steal them; and witches.)
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Agnes always does the “we will be closing in ten minutes” announcement because something in her voice implies that anybody still in the library in nine minutes and fifty seconds will be harvested for organ donations, and even the most stationary patrons amble towards the exit.
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(All you people who never returned books to their high school libraries, or who bought stolen books off Amazon with call numbers taped to their spines? We see you.)

Delight and deliciousness confected for your unworthy gaze. Don't let it slip out of your grasp.