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A crowded part of the city found itself with more folks to accommodate. Tommy Tester enjoyed all this just fine. Walking through Harlem first thing in the morning was like being a single drop of blood inside an enormous body that was waking
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“A great dullness had sunk over her; a deep coldness, a thick stolidity. When her heart beat in her chest it was with a huge, steady grief. Every pulse seemed to be the space between insensibility and knives.”
― Tor.com Publishing 2019 Debut Sampler
― Tor.com Publishing 2019 Debut Sampler
“There's a cave in this very city where the Arelius family has sealed a descendant of the ancient dragons, and that cave is filled with such madra! What luck!” Lindon finally caught on. “By chance, does that cave happen to be Underground Chamber Number Three?” Eithan beamed and clapped him on the back. “By now, my servants should have the seals undone and a medical team standing by. After you!”
― Cradle: Foundation
― Cradle: Foundation
“At that, Harrowhark stopped working her scaphoid and glanced at Gideon. She gave a rather brusque hand-wave to the geriatric fan club behind her and they scattered: tottering, kissing the floor and rattling both their prayer beads and their unlubricated knee joints, disappearing into the darkness and down the tier.”
― Tor.com Publishing 2019 Debut Sampler
― Tor.com Publishing 2019 Debut Sampler
“This manuscript had been Abbi’s most precious possession, and was now mine. It had a richly illuminated frontispiece and finispiece. All one hundred and fourteen of its surahs were calligraphed in an early Abbasid script and decorated in gold leaf. The four quls were ornamented in gold filigree and the Chapter of Light and Verse of the Throne in silver.”
― Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 edition
― Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 edition
“Witness, I thought. He wants a witness. All these men with their starched turbans and silver seals want a witness when a woman reports maltreatment. But have her walk the street, head uncovered, and preachers and counselors pour out of rat holes, a hundred recriminations in hand. Have her complain about shabby shoes or threadbare clothes and she’s a squanderer. Have her try to earn a few extra dirhams washing out men’s filth at the bathhouse and she is a harlot.”
― Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 edition
― Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 edition
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