Super Bass | Tor.com
Gian returns to Sea-john from the Kingdom's wars certain that he has skills beyond killing, death and destruction. He needs to prove to himself that love is just as strong, if not stronger, than his hate. The Summer King gives him this opportunity. This short story was acquired for Tor.com by consulting editor Ann VanderMeer. We have been down together in my sleep, unbuckling helms, fisting each other’s throat, and waked half half-dead with nothing Gian stole into the house. From the back garden, a work-song: soprano led two deeper voices, who called the responses. There was the big wood...
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