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And newcomer Sarah Monette’s “richly imagined” (Jacqueline Carey) literary tapestries have earned her a Spectrum Award for short fiction.

Now, these brilliantly gifted authors come together with four tales of adventure that are as enchanting as they are exciting...A gifted seer receives a vision of a man whom she was not meant to marry, but was meant to love...A man and an elven woman endure both the mundane and the magical in their quest to remain together...A warrior-maiden is trapped in a deadly storm with the only man she ever wanted, whose scars she must heal if he is ever to want her...A brave young woman helps her sister save her magically gifted child, only to receive an unexpected gift of her own... Enjoy four of today’s most imaginative authors, and four stories of love as pure as the driven snow that will warm the coldest of hearts...

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"Amor Vincit Omnia (Love Conquers All)" is a short story originally published in the digital anthology "The Seven Deadly Sins", published by Mighty Words in 2000.

"Amor Vincit Omnia" appeared in the chapter called Greed. It was only ever available from Mighty Words, and has been unavailable since that company ceased operations.

This is a short medieval romance. There were no editorial guidelines other than a word count limit and the necessity of picking a sin. I decided to play a bit with convention, and set my novella in Venice in 1205. There are a couple of other unusual elements, but don't worry - it has an H.E.A.

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