An Aria for the Bloodlords
Novelette 10,063 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
As a composer, D’Isle knows that the Bloodlords tightly control music because it can attract demons from the forest. He’s alarmed when his new prima donna starts improvising illegally.
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Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.