Shoggoths In Bloom, Elizabeth Bear:

“Bear loses none of her depth or emotional power in this anthology of fierce, lonely tales about sacrifice, bravery, and loss…. As in her novels, Bear’s world-building is absorbingly rich and strange, full of blue parrot cats, ruthless Mongol-ish princesses, and modern alleyways haunted by cockatrices and harpies, and adventurous readers will find her storytelling absolutely irresistible.”

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