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Hummers

Published
Feb 2014
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Fantasy Fantasy
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57

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Laurel, in the terminal stages of cancer, is obsessed with the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Jerry, her homecare nurse whose lover is dying of AIDS, gives her a surprising gift. A hummingbird feeder.

As Laurel comes to grips with her own death, she learns powerful lessons about Egyptian Magic from the hummingbirds that visit her.

Hummers was published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, chosen for Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 5th Annual Collection (St. Martin's Press), and nominated for the Nebula Award.

From the author of Celestial Girl (A Lily Modjeska Mystery), The Garden of Abracadabra, Volume 1 of the Abracadabra Series, Summer of Love, A Time Travel (A Philip K. Dick Award Finalist and San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book), The Gilded Age, A Time Travel (A New York Times Notable Book and New York Public Library Recommended Book). and Strange Ladies: 7 Stories.

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