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The Hostile Opening: Why I Refuse Soft Landings in Dark Fantasy

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Soft landings teach readers to relax. Hostile openings teach them to listen. Jason Moore on why The Moon’s Curse trilogy refuses gentle first pages, and how that craft choice protects tone, creature law, and series trust in indie dark fantasy.

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