No Ghosts in London — Helen Marshall

Gwendolyn, once the caretaker of the ancient estate of Hardwick Hall which she abandoned to travel to London and find a new life, is called back to complete one final duty. From Aurora Award-winner Helen Marshall's Hair Side, Flesh Side, this short story is one of a set of fifteen quirky and cutting parables about history, memory, and the cost of creating art.

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