Short story first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1963. Lady Neville plans the ball to end all balls among the fashionable London elite when she announces her plans to invite Death to her party. At once a scathing social commentary, black comedy and sober memento mori in print, Beagle's prose sparkles in this short story from one of modern fantasy's greatest masters.
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Short story first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1963. Lady Neville plans the ball to end all balls among the fashionable London elite when she announces her plans to invite Death to her party. At once a scathing social commentary, black comedy and sober memento mori in print, Beagle's prose sparkles in this short story from one of modern fantasy's greatest masters.