Colors of the Immortal Palette
Novelette 12,910 words Recommended by 9 award/anthology sources
"I will always remember the view of Paris from his window. Snow, pure and untouched, softens the outline of the buildings and covers the grime of the streets. White, the color of beginnings. His canvas is primed and ready to be painted, and stark winter sunlight glows bright on his undead skin."
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Quasar links out; the story lives on Uncanny, where the author gets the click.