Ian Spier
Ian Spier asked Elizabeth Bear:

I've just read Stone in the Skull, and liked it a great deal. How did Gage and Dead Man spring into being ?

Elizabeth Bear Hi!

In some ways, they're my Fritz Leiber homage; I grew up on the Fafhrd and the Mouser stories, and I've always enjoyed writing bantery partnerships. I'm not quite sure where the Gage originated, but there's a little of my childhood horror at the Tin Woodman in there...

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