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    Mistress of the Mirror and Other Stories
    Mistress of the Mirror and Other Stories
    Mistress of the Mirror and Other Stories
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    Mistress of the Mirror and Other Stories

    By Kyra Halland

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    Five short fantasy tales of strange things found in pawnshops... And things too strange for pawnshops.

    Mistress of the Mirror: A poor woman, an assassin, and a mirror.
    Valuables: A curious pawnshop owner and a mysterious figurine.
    Of Rings and Lemon Cream Cakes: A respectable spinster and a diamond ring with a mind of its own.
    Pawned: A fate worse than death.
    A Worthy Instrument: A struggling musician and the lute of his dreams.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKyra Halland
    Release dateJun 23, 2016
    ISBN9781533797353
    Mistress of the Mirror and Other Stories
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    Kyra Halland

    Kyra Halland has always loved fantasy. She has also always loved a good love story. She combines those two loves by writing the kinds of romantic fantasy novels she loves to read, tales of magical worlds where complicated, honorable heroes and strong, smart, feminine heroines work together to save their world - or their own small corner of it - and each other. Kyra Halland lives in southern Arizona. She's a wife, mom and mom-in-law, proud grandma, and devoted servant to three cats.

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      Mistress of the Mirror and Other Stories - Kyra Halland

      Mistress of the Mirror

      and Other Stories

      by Kyra Halland

      Copyright 2016 Kyra Halland

      All Rights Reserved

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      Five short fantasy tales of strange things found in pawnshops... And things too strange for pawnshops.

      Mistress of the Mirror: A poor woman, an assassin, and a mirror.

      Valuables: A curious pawnshop owner and a mysterious figurine.

      Of Rings and Lemon Cream Cakes: A respectable spinster and a diamond ring with a mind of its own.

      Pawned: A fate worse than death.

      A Worthy Instrument: A struggling musician and the lute of his dreams.

      Table of Contents

      Mistress of the Mirror

      Mistress of the Mirror

      Valuables

      Of Rings and Lemon Cream Cakes

      Pawned

      A Worthy Instrument

      More Tales of Fantasy, Heroism, and Romance

      About the Author

      Mistress of the Mirror

      THE CITY STREETS had sunk into full darkness by the time Etta left the last pawnshop, still holding the mirror. Not one of the nine or ten pawnbrokers she had visited that day had wanted the mirror. It had to have some value; it was silver, or at least a metal that looked like silver, with all kinds of fancy swirls and designs on the back and handle. She had never really looked into the glass – she knew what she looked like, and it wasn’t something she cared to see that often – but she knew the mirror was unbroken, even though it had been tossed out on a rubbish heap in the alley behind some rich person’s house. Surely, especially coming from that neighborhood, it had to be worth at least a few pennies.

      But every time she laid it down on a counter for a pawnbroker to look at, they barely spent any time inspecting it. A brush of fingers over the metal, a quick glance at the glass, then a hasty, It’s no good, or, Nothing but a cheap piece of trash, or simply, Sorry, can’t take it.

      Every damn one of them. Fools, who couldn’t see that it had to have some value.

      And now she was going home penniless. Lund, that no-good oaf, had gone out to see what he could win at dice tonight, but even if he won anything – which was doubtful, a toad was a better gambler than he was – she knew he would spend all of it on beer and some cheap floozy, and she wouldn’t see any of it.

      She could have been something once, she thought as she walked through the dark streets, clutching the useless mirror. Once, she had had ambitions. She had been smart enough and pretty enough and strong enough to make something of herself. And then she had fallen in love with a charming gambler – a bad gambler, as it turned out, and ever since then, life had paid her back over and over for that one stupid decision. Now, in debt, penniless, her looks gone, her mind dulled, she had no way out.

      Into the silence of the narrow, deserted street sounded a scream from one of the side alleys.

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