I wouldn't recommend this work to anyone who hasn't already read Masks and Shadows, but if you have and you're thirsty for just a bit more of the characters, 'Shadow Duet' should do the trick.

But there is no plot, as such, simply a great deal of delightful description and conversation. Our characters are in London where Morelli is performing and the story is entirely encompassed by a society party where Charlotte encounters all manner of reactions to her existence and relationships from the upper class attendees and meets a number of real-world artists who have a somewhat broader-minded reaction. Shadow Duet: A Masks and Shadows Short Story Kindle Edition by Stephanie Burgis (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 26 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 0. (Needless to say, their relationship-which was established after the end of the novel-is something of a scandal.) I'd call this work more of a character sketch than a short story, to tell the truth.

'Shadow Duet' is a short story with the same setting and characters as her 18th century historic fantasy novel Masks and Shadows, featuring the famous castrato singer Carlo Morelli and his accompanist-lover Baroness Charlotte von Steinbeck. Masks and Shadows, regardless of its operatic-like formatting and staging, reads much like the thought out bones of a draft still lacking the depth of the meat: Burgis has done too much telling and not enough showing. A delightful follow-up character sketch for fans of Masks and Shadows When a grumpy inventor heroine meets her outrageous new neighbor in the big black castle down the road.more than one type of spark will fly A series of Patreon-exclusive fantasy rom-com stories, to be released widely as a collected ebook/paperback in February 2022.

Masks and Shadows by Stephanie Burgis