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31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 18: “Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire” by Neil Gaiman

by Steven Beattie

Gaiman is commenting on our various prejudices regarding where genre work falls in the realm of literary respectability.

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