“Salem was beautiful and historical, but something about being continually reminded of the witch trials didn’t sit well with her. She’d fight a man wielding a machete way before fighting witch hunters.”

—  Jason Tanamor

Source: Novels, Vampires of Portlandia (2020), Chapter 15

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