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    Four Attempts at a Letter
    Four Attempts at a Letter
    Four Attempts at a Letter
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    Four Attempts at a Letter

    By Michelle Sagara

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    Originally published in Mike Resnick’s By Any Other Fame. 3k words.

    An alternate history, near the dawn of Israel, just after word of an assassination has arrived. Golda Meier must write one necessary, difficult letter.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRosdan Press
    Release dateApr 13, 2020
    ISBN9781927094259
    Four Attempts at a Letter
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    Michelle Sagara

    New York Times bestselling author Michelle Sagara writes as both Michelle Sagara and Michelle West; she is also published as Michelle Sagara West. She lives in Toronto with her long-suffering husband and her two children, and to her regret has no dogs. She can be found @msagara on Twitter or http://msagarawest.wordpress.com

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      Four Attempts at a Letter - Michelle Sagara

      Four Attempts at a Letter

      Four Attempts at a Letter

      Michelle Sagara

      Rosdan Press

      Copyright © 1994 by Michelle Sagara

      Originally appeared in the anthology By Any Other Fame, edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg.

      Cover designed by Four Corners Communications

      All rights reserved

      All characters in this book are fictitious.

      Any resemblance to persons living or dead is strictly coincidental.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      ISBN: 978-1-927094-25-9

      Vellum flower icon Created with Vellum

      Contents

      Introduction

      1. Four Attempts at a Letter

      Other Short Stories

      Also by Michelle West

      Also by Michelle Sagara

      About the Author

      Introduction

      Mike Resnick asked me for a story for an Alternate Celebrity anthology. I panicked. My friends and family are used to the way I wander through our pop-cultural landscape in a vacuum, and they are (usually) not surprised when I wander past a television they're watching, stop, and say, Who is that woman? even though

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