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In the Forest of Forgetting

The reprint of In the Forest of Forgettingby award-winning author Theodora Goss, first published in 2006 by Prime Books, with an introduction by Terri Windling and cover art by Virginia Lee. The table of contents has been slightly modified: "Phalaenopsis" has been replaced by "Her Mother's Ghosts," which first appeared in 2004 in The Rose and Twelve Petals and Other Stories, released by Small Beer Press.

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"The Rose in Twelve Petals"

"Professor Berkowitz Stands on the Threshold"

"The Rapid Advance of Sorrow"

"Lily, With Clouds"

"Miss Emily Gray"

"In the Forest of Forgetting"

"Sleeping with Bears"

"Letters from Budapest"

"The Wings of Meister Wilhelm"

"Conrad"

"A Statement in the Case"

"Death Comes for Ervina"

"The Belt"

"Her Mother's Ghosts"

"Pip and the Fairies"

"Lessons with Miss Gray"

Audience
adultyoung adult
Length
medium · 302 pages

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