Sofia Samatar is the author of the novels A Stranger in Olondria and The Winged Histories, and the short story collection, Tender. She is the recipient of the William L. Crawford Award, the John W. Campbell Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the World Fantasy Award.

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FICTION

An Account of the Land of Witches

By SOFIA SAMATAR

“There is enough cruelty in the world,” she told me softly, “to justify all the music ever made.”