Catherynne M. Valente

Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen.

Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen.

– Catherynne M. Valente –

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

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