John is savage, Alison hates paper, and Liz likes stationery.

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• Cover art: “Armadillo Pins” by Sara Felix (lettering by Alison Scott)

• Alt text: Three pins of armadillos flying colourful spaceships are on top of a piece of paper with blobs of glue that look like planets. The lettering “Octothorpe 118” appears above in a similar style to the pins.