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    Prim and Proper
    Prim and Proper
    Prim and Proper
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    Prim and Proper

    By Alberto Catellani

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    Magical Girls meet Mad Scientists, Eldritch Gods, and then try to save the day.

    But what happens when this repeats itself for years without an end in sight? Well, the world adjusts.

    In the city of Markha, ex magical girl turned Police Detective Berrill Straw and her colleague Daniel are charged with investigating the grisly murder of a retired magical girl under protection. In a world where the evil eldritch god of the week bakes cookies in his off times, cultists pray every week at church, and ever-youthful magical girls sell merchandise to keep themselves afloat after decades on the job, the villain of the week is ever-changing.

    Yet everyone has skeletons in their closets. Except for Daniel, because he's clearly just a normal human.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlberto Catellani
    Release dateMar 7, 2019
    ISBN9780463054109
    Prim and Proper
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    Alberto Catellani

    Alberto Catellani was born on the 9 of March from the country that brought forth the greatest of inventions: the Road. We are talking of Italy, and he was born on a dark and stormy night at 3 in the morning. From a bright and early age, he wanted to write and once he found his grandfather's old typing machine, write he did. What he wrote back then is best left forgotten to the annals of time. Still, he keeps writing on. Known on the Internet as Shadenight123, and outside of it as someone with fifteen years plus of experience as a Dungeon Master capable of actually finishing the campaigns he starts, he has enjoyed a Classical Schooling, moved on to the beer-filled lands of Germany, and is currently attempting a Master level degree with, hopefully, a Ph.D afterwards. And in the meantime, he keeps on writing. Writing brings happiness, to himself and to those who enjoy his books and that, more than anything, is what truly makes him willing to write more and more. If you work at something you enjoy doing, after all, it will be as if you haven't been working at all.

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