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Beneath the Mask (2009)

by Aliette de Bodard
(#2 in Obsidian and Blood (Prequel))

I well knew that only human blood and human lives kept the end of the world at bay. I had abased myself before gods, offered them what they needed, from human hearts to flayed skins; I had wielded many obsidian knives myself in many sacrifices. But the concentration of images in that room seemed almost unhealthy.

Short story in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #8.