The Dark Muses Price
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Last published Tue, Nov 12, 2019
The leanan sidhe is a faerie muse from Celtic folklore who inspires artistically gifted humans but feeds on them draining them to the point where they live highly inspired but short lives. In these four stories, you'll meet the artists and the lenan sidhe that inspired them. Among these, you'll meet.
A Dancer from the Victorian period who's clawed her way to the stage in what may be her final performance.
A Roman architect who becomes charmed by an old friend of his own personal faerie muse and more. these are the tales of the Humans who paid the Dark Muses Price.
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