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“Poets are too precious to sacrifice carelessly,” he said, his long mouth downturned at the corners. “It had to be something other than Master Shakespeare himself.”

Book:Hell and Earth

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Hell and Earth

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Elizabeth Bear

Elizabeth Bear is an accomplished American science fiction and fantasy author, born on September 22, 1971. Her works are known for their unique narrative style and profound humanistic concerns, earning her a dedicated fan base. more

“What reason could possibly suffice for the murder of a boy barely old enough to prentice?” “What’s one mortal boy, more or less? They die soon enough, and one can always get another. Breed like rabbits, mortals do. And I needed thee, Kit, and needed thee fighting and thinking, not drowning in the dark. I thought if thy Shakespeare stepped back from his Queen, and thou didst go to comfort him, that there was a chance thou wouldst see the Mebd and dark Morgan for what they were, and win thy soul free. And it worked, it worked. How canst condemn me for that, when I had thee at heart, my dear?”

Speculative Historical Fiction

Book:Hell and Earth

Source: Hell and Earth

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Speculative Historical Fiction

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“She felt herself turning inward, away from all of it, back into the darkness, into the dark water whence she’d come.”

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