{"id":3237,"date":"2013-06-15T14:34:44","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T14:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2020-07-26T14:09:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T14:09:28","slug":"for-bloomsday-herself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2013\/06\/15\/for-bloomsday-herself\/","title":{"rendered":"For Bloomsday: &#8220;Herself&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5090 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Herself_Cover_Reconstruct-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Herself_Cover_Reconstruct-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Herself_Cover_Reconstruct-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Herself_Cover_Reconstruct-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Herself_Cover_Reconstruct-233x350.png 233w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Herself_Cover_Reconstruct-585x878.png 585w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Herself_Cover_Reconstruct-800x1200.png 800w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Herself_Cover_Reconstruct.png 933w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>In the heart of Dublin, something is killing the People of the Hills \u2014 and it\u2019s going to take Ireland\u2019s only superhero to stop it\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bloomsday is almost upon us, so here&#8217;s a little something to help celebrate the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Herself&#8221; was originally written for the 2004 anthology of Irish fantasy, <em>Emerald Magic, <\/em>and differs from most other stories in that anthology in that it&#8217;s urban fantasy, set in pre-economic-crash Dublin. 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