The Man in the Moon Is a Lady
Novelette 7,711 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source
"The theatergoers shuffle in and find their seats, the red velvet torn in some cases and splotchy with stains in others. Frescoes cover the walls, scrunched between goldrimmed ornamentation. A great golden chandelier hangs overhead, lit and dazzling. Only thirty years since the invention of the electric light."
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