If Dragon's Mass Eve Be Cold and Clear

The Santaman came reeking of love into this place and we did not know him . . .

"There are common themes in Ken’s work. Of love and faith and a world full of half-understood legends; beliefs dissolving around you. Of people, plunging forward, trying to do the right thing. Of trying to find a way forward, even if we don’t really know if the Santaman will ever come again, and we aren’t quite sure we believe. Of finding hope, where all was lost. If Dragon’s Mass Eve Be Cold And Clear deals with all of these. It is strange and wondrous and compassionate and gorgeous, and I hope you love it, too."

—from the introduction,
by Tina Connolly, author of Ironskin

Cover image © 2019 by Orion Swenson
Cover and book design by Patrick Swenson

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Fairwood Press First Edition: November 2019

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ISBN-13: 978-1-933846-86-6

“If Dragon’s Mass Eve Be Cold and Clear” originally appeared at Tor.com © 2011 and was reprinted in Blue Yonders, Grateful Pies and Other Fanciful Feasts © 2015

“The Doom of Love in Small Spaces” originally appeared in Realms of Fantasy © 2008 and was reprinted in Long Walks, Last Flights and Other Strange Journeys © 2008

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Electronic version by Baen Books
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