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The Thirty-Eight-Hundred Bone Coat

Novelette 8,408 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

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A nobleman offers Navid’s family a vast fortune if they’ll make him a magic coat more powerful than anything they’ve ever made, and in the span of a single month. It will change their lives, one way or the other.

Historical FantasyFamilySlow Burn

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Secondary World FantasyGuiltWarmSecondary WorldIntimateSacrificeSurvivalContemplativeFantasyLiteraryClose Third PersonBittersweetCharacter Driven

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