title: Ancient, Ancient: Short Fiction
author:  Kiini Ibura Salaam 
description: <span>The world as Salaam paints it is full of harsh and beautiful things....The best of her work is imbued with subtle interventions which ultimately provide the reader with sharply felt revelations.... The stories work from mutual touchstones: the illustration of sex as an act of power; a visceral relationship to the human body...; and the examination of the struggle to find oneself, particularly as a woman, in a world that offers so few options. ... [T]his accomplished collection provides a vigorous exploration into Salaam's unique vision.</span><span>--Richard Larson,</span><span></span><span><i>Strange Horizons</i></span>
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  By: Brian D. Anderson & Steven Savile
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are
  products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and should not
  be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations
  or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever
  without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in
  critical articles and reviews.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  First Published Longfire Press,
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  2017
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover Illustration Gene Mollica Studios
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2017 Brian D. Anderson & Steven Savile
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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