Still...the greatest adventure of her life was over and don… - Michael Swanwick

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Still...the greatest adventure of her life was over and done for. She had returned from Never-Never Land, from Middle-earth, from El Dorado. The dragons were slain, the treasures dug up and hauled away in wagons, the swords and bright banners packed in trunks and stowed in the attic. Nothing she ever did would be as vivid and meaningful again.

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Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.

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