Sappho is one of the most popular and elusive figures of Greek myth and culture. Although more influential than Shakespeare and literally worshipped as a goddess, little is known about her life outside of the handful of poetry fragments that survived the ravages of time. Over the centuries she has been portrayed as a chaste schoolteacher, a lusty lesbian showgirl, or a lovesick poet who died pining for the handsome fisherman Phaon.

Here Sappho is an asexual woman who experiences the world with love, passion, and joy. The Tenth Muse isn't a loveless goddess but a caring human woman with a life full of love and meaning.

For centuries, Sappho has been condemned for who she loved. But what if the love she held in her heart wasn't physical? If the world's most passionate poet asexual, does that make the love in her heart less real?

K.A. Masters is a fantasy writer who specializes in twisted fairy tales and historic fiction. She attributes her passion for Greco-Roman mythology and Germanic folklore to her alma mater, Dickinson College. She is proud to make her debut at JMS Books with her story "Not an Angel, But a Cupid." For more on Alec's story, see "Raising Alec" in Fantasia Divinity's Summer Splash anthology. Em and Eleuthereia's story will continue in Iron Faerie's Faerie anthology.

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