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Last Summer at Mars Hill

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Last Summer at Mars Hill
First edition
AuthorElizabeth Hand
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperPrism
Publication date
2013

Last Summer At Mars Hill (2013) is the first short story collection by American writer Elizabeth Hand. It contains the Nebula Award-winning story of the same name.[1] The story also won the 1995 World Fantasy Award—Novella.[2] Her first ever published story, "Prince of Flowers", is included in the collection.[3] Many of the stories have themes that prefigure those of her novels. For example, "The Bacchae" is thematically similar to aspects of Waking the Moon and "Prince of Flowers" 'grew into the poisonous bloom of Winterlong'.[3] "In the Month of Athyr" is set in the same universe as Hand's first three novels.

All of the stories were previously published in various magazines.

Contents

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  • "Last Summer At Mars Hill"
  • The Erl King"
  • "Justice"
  • "Dionysus Dendrites"
  • "The Have-Nots"
  • "In the Month of Athyr"
  • "Engels Unaware"
  • "The Bacchae"
  • "Snow on Sugar Mountain"
  • "On the Town Route"
  • "The Boy on the Tree"
  • "Prince of Flowers"

References

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  1. ^ "1995 Nebula Awards". Nebula Awards. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  2. ^ "Winners". World Fantasy Awards. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Beyond Belief, Professions Piece for Foundation Archived January 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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