Once upon a time there was an empress, trapped as a ghost in the ruins of a jewelled palace, cursed to find another soul — Kirsty Logan, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales
Once upon a time there was an empress, trapped as a ghost in the ruins of a jewelled palace, cursed to find another soul — Kirsty Logan, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales
Once upon a time there was an empress, trapped as a ghost in the ruins of a jewelled palace, cursed to find another soul — Kirsty Logan, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales
Once upon a time there was an empress, trapped as a ghost in the ruins of a jewelled palace, cursed to find another soul — Kirsty Logan, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales
Once upon a time there was an empress, trapped as a ghost in the ruins of a jewelled palace, cursed to find another soul — Kirsty Logan, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales
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Once upon a time there was an empress, trapped as a ghost in the ruins of a jewelled palace, cursed to find another soul to take her place. At least, that's what the empress heard. But, as it turned out, stories can have any ending you like.

— Kirsty Logan, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales
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