When State Magic Fails Unofficial Magicians Become Stronger.

The above is a quote by the magus Ishmael Reed, from his novel Yellow Back Radio Broke Down, 1967. This will be our epigraph for the initial incantation, leading us into the mysterious world of The Baroness Dianaea, Sunoco Stoop, Primordia Ovule, and Hungry Knife -- The demigods of our Wastoid Wonderland and Apothecary.