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The Hunting of Death: The Unicorn

Tanith Lee

First published November 1984
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Lasephun lived three lives. In the first, he was called Lauro, a young man who led a lord on his hunt for a unicorn. In the second, he was Sephaina, a sixteen year-old virgin who must sacrifice her life to attract the unicorn. And in the third life, Lasephun is the unicorn itself, watching over the lives he has already lived.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1984 Cover Night Visions 1 Dark Harvest Anthology 255
November 1984 Cover Night Visions 1 Dark Harvest Anthology 255
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April 1988 Cover Night Visions: In the Blood Berkley Books Anthology 248
June 1989 Cover Forests of the Night Unwin Hyman Collection 87
May 1990 Cover Forests of the Night Unwin Paperbacks Collection 87
November 1992 Cover Unicorns II Ace Books Anthology 90
March 2013 Cover Unicorns II Baen Books Anthology
April 2013 Cover The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales Fantastic Books Collection
November 2014 Cover The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales Gateway / Orion Collection |68
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