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Beauty

Tanith Lee

First published January 1983
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

"When Mercator Levin receives a slender green rose, he knows that it is a summons for Estár, his only natural-born daughter, to go to live with one of the aliens who have come to stay on Earth. At first, Estár finds the appearance of her host ugly and hideous by her standards. In time, however, she comes to appreciate his beauty, and to understand the real reason for her visit." —<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.daughterofthenight.com">Daughter of the Night bibliography</a>

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1983 Cover Red As Blood or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer DAW Books Collection 168
January 1983 Cover Red As Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Collection 168
March 1983 Cover Red As Blood (or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer) DAW Books / SFBC Collection 149
August 2014 Cover Red As Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer Wildside Press Collection |149
September 2014 Cover Red As Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer Wildside Press Collection
July 2016 Cover Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold Night Shade Books Anthology 485
July 2016 Cover Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold Night Shade Books Anthology |31
January 2024 Claidi Journals Series & More MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |14.168