The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window
Fantasy fiction | |
Publisher | Subterranean Magazine |
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Publication date | 2010 |
Media type | Print, ebook |
"The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window" is a fantasy
Synopsis
Naeva—the Lady of the story's title—is a sorceress in a matriarchy. After being fatally injured, she is persuaded to allow her spirit to be bound, so that she can be summoned and thus continue to advise her queen. However, after the queen has herself died, Naeva continues to be summoned — first by the queen's successor, and then by people from civilizations later than hers. She grows into a legendary figure, part of a group of similarly bound souls called Insomniacs. Eventually the universe ends and a strange creature invites her and the other Insomniacs into a new one.
Reception
"The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window" won the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Novella,[1] and was a finalist for the 2011
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References
- ^ 2011 Nebula Awards Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine at Locus; retrieved September 21, 2013
- ^ 2011 Hugo Awards at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved September 21, 2013
- ^ 2011 World Fantasy Award Winners at WFC2011.org; retrieved September 21, 2013
- ^ 2010 Locus Recommended Reading List at Locus, originally published February 2011; retrieved September 21, 2013
- ^ The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois; published by St. Martin's Press, 2011; page 660
- ^ Nebula Awards Showcase 2012, Reviewed, by Eve Ottenberg; in the Washington City Paper; published May 25, 2012; retrieved September 5, 2017
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- ^ NEBULA AWARDS SHOWCASE 2012, edited by James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel, reviewed at Kirkus Reviews; published March 5, 2012; retrieved September 5, 2017