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Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs5/12/2023 ![]() They were farmers, and though they didn’t own fancy things and lived in flimsy houses made of reeds, they were healthy and joyful and wanted for little. The peculiars in the village of Swampmuck lived very modestly. Set in a distant era before peculiars lived in time loops, it concerns strange dealings between a peculiar village and a group of disarmingly polite cannibals. ![]() The tale you’re about to read is both history and parable. (They’re also meant for peculiar eyes only, so please, if you’re not someone who finds themselves floating out of bed in the middle of the night or sprouting flames from the palms of their hands, politely turn your attention elsewhere.) The tales are mostly folklore and meant primarily to be ripping good stories, but they also cover some important aspects of peculiar history, such as how Miss Peregrine’s time-looping predecessors came to be. They're the beloved fairy tales and legends that the peculiar children grew up hearing, written by and about people with peculiar talents and afflictions. “Prior to now, the Tales of the Peculiar was something that existed only in the world of my novels. ![]() Riggs sets up our excerpt from Tales of the Peculiar: ![]()
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