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The first installment of this fantasy trilogy imagines a Royal Coven established by Queen Elizabeth I to handle supernormal incidences and preserve witchcraft’s legacy.
From Washington Post • May 1, 2022
“The streets were overflowing with people adoring our great leader, who is driving complex international politics with supernormal political acumen.”
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2018
"Apocalyptic storylines are undoubtedly gripping—they are a supernormal stimulus for our morbid obsessions."
From Science Magazine • Jan. 11, 2018
Second, supernormal profits, like those announced last year, are a clear sign of monopoly power.
From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2010
We shall need to consider a group of cases which might have been introduced at various points in our scheme, but which are perhaps richest in their illustrations of the supernormal phenomena of hypnotism.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)
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