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    Death Mask and Eulogy
    Death Mask and Eulogy
    Death Mask and Eulogy
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    Death Mask and Eulogy

    By J. M. McDermott

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    Nova Coates is a tomb guard late at dog hour in the deep night. He protects a noble house's dead from thieves and wizards. He lives among undertakers, death mask artists, and eulogy poets, until thenobleman's daughter commits suicide.

    This inexpensive novelette revels in themes of beauty, madness and the grotesque, from the author of strange books Last Dragon, Never Knew Another, and Maze. It serves as a taste of the imagination of a rising star in speculative fiction.

    "McDermott is at the top of his game in this one, and it will haunt you for days afterwards. Really great stuff." - Paul Jessup

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBad Ducky Industries
    Release dateMay 9, 2011
    ISBN9781466092204
    Death Mask and Eulogy
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