Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) welcome back Caro (she/they) to dig into chapter 20 of Gideon the Ninth. The Ninth and Seventh team up for a tricky challenge deep in the Facility. It's rough.

Today's cover art features guest Caro as Cytherea. Check out Caro's cosplay on TikTok and Instagram.

Content Warning: injury, degloving, death, torture, pain, childbirth, intimate partner violence

Further Reading:

Julie A. Patterson Fago (2000) Physical Aspects of Dying

George Miller (2015) Mad Max: Fury Road

Ulla Waldenström and Lars Irestedt (2006) Obstetric Pain Relief and Its Association with Remembrance of Labor Pain at Two Months and One Year After Birth

Martine E. Lokker et al. (2012). Awareness of Dying: It Needs Words

Philippe T. Gilchrist and Blaine Ditto (2015) Sense of Impending Doom: Inhibitory Activity in Waiting Blood Donors Who Subsequently Experience Vasovagal Symptoms

Anonymous (2025) Thoughts About Community Support Around Intimate Violence

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