... and it seemed to her that time stopped, that her body melted into his as if she were without nerve or bone or will, and his kiss was like fire and ice on her lips.

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Death
After suffering declining health for years Bradley died at Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley on September 25 1999 four days after suffering a debilitating heart attack. The story had previously appeared in the fanzine Spacewarp Vol. After her divorce Bradley married numismatist Walter H.

Many critics have noted a feminist perspective in her writing. Her first child David R. Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3 1930 – September 25 1999) was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series.