Finding the Duchess Thalia Aphoros's bathroom antechamber in a shambles, with towels, soaps, and loofahs scattered, a broken mirror and more, Lucy Melgrade, must quickly gather her thoughts. As maid to the Duchess, Lucy's responsibilities include ensuring perfect bathing times.
It looks as if a panicked wild animal had gotten loose.
And when an unexpected visitor reveals himself, Lucy might just find that animal control takes a different form.
A form that might ask of Lucy a whole lot more than just perfect bathing.
A Morgenfeld story that explores new aspects of the city by focusing down on a single moment in a woman's life.
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Award-winning author, Sean Monaghan has published more than one hundred stories in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and in New Zealand, where he makes his home. A regular contributor to Asimov's, his story "Crimson Birds of Small Miracles", set in the art world of Shilinka Switalla, won both the Sir Julius Vogel Award, and the Asimov's Readers Poll Award, for best short story.
He is a past winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Award, and the Amazing Stories Award.
Sean writes from a nook in a corner of his 110 year old home, usually listening to eighties music.
Award-winning author, Sean Monaghan has published more than one hundred stories in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and in New Zealand, where he makes his home. A regular contributor to Asimov's, his story "Crimson Birds of Small Miracles", set in the art world of Shilinka Switalla, won both the Sir Julius Vogel Award, and the Asimov's Readers Poll Award, for best short story.
He is a past winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Award, and the Amazing Stories Award.
Sean writes from a nook in a corner of his 110 year old home, usually listening to eighties music.