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“The chirurgeon’s knife severs my little finger from my palm. ‘You are permitted to look away,’ she comments.”
Alekra was one of the finest duelists in the business before an injury ended her career. Now, she'll do whatever it takes to keep her old academy—and its ghosts—alive. Author Claire Humphrey’s work has appeared in Strange Horizons, Apex, Crossed Genres, and more, and her first novel, Spells of Blood and Kin, won the 2017 Sunburst Award.
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