Two Hearts

"Two Hearts" is a fantasy novelette by American author Peter S. Beagle, written in 2004 as a coda to The Last Unicorn (1968), despite his decades-long reluctance to continue the original story. It was first published as the cover story of Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine issue dated October/November 2005. It can also be found in Beagle's short story collection The Line Between ; in the deluxe edition of The Last Unicorn ; The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology ; and Mirror Kingdoms: The Best Of Peter S. Beagle.