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The best of Elizabeth Hand

by Elizabeth Hand, Bill Sheehan

This career-spanning volume collects sixteen short stories and novellas, including several award-winning pieces. Accompanied by story notes, the selections explore themes of mortality, magic, and transformation across speculative and dystopian settings.

Accession 32091 ISBN 9781645240051 Publisher Subterranean Press
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