publisher two hearts 
___MASK96___ is an American publishing company now owned by ___MASK52___ ___MASK63___ . It was founded in New York City on March 1 , 1925 , by Harold K . Guinzburg and George S . Oppenheim and then acquired by the ___MASK81___ in 1975 . ___MASK64___ is an ___MASK78___ publishing house , founded in 1887 and existing as an independent entity until the 1970s . The name was used as an imprint of Random House Children ' s Books from 1987 to 2008 . In April 2008 , it was revived as an adult non - fiction imprint within Random House ' s CCV division . `` Two Hearts '' is a novelette written by Peter S . Beagle 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 ( Tachyon Publ . , 2006 ) ; in the deluxe edition of The Last Unicorn ( New American Library ROC , 2007 ) ; and in The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction : Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology ( Tachyon , 2009 ) . Fantasy is a fiction genre set in an imaginary universe , often but not always without any locations , events , or people from the real world . Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element , theme , or setting . Magic and magical ___MASK33___ are common in many of these imaginary worlds . Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes , respectively , though there is a great deal of overlap between the three , all of which are subgenres of speculative fiction . Peter Soyer Beagle ( born April 20 , 1939 ) is an American novelist and screenwriter , especially fantasy fiction . His best - known work is " The Last Unicorn " ( 1968 ), a fantasy novel he wrote in his twenties , which " Locus " subscribers voted the number five " All - Time Best Fantasy Novel " in 1987 . During the last twenty - five years he has won several literary awards including a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2011 . The Last Unicorn is a fantasy novel written by Peter S . Beagle and published in 1968 , by ___MASK96___ in the U . S . and ___MASK64___ in the U . K . It follows the tale of a unicorn , who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the others . It has sold more than five million copies worldwide since its original publication , and has been translated into at least twenty languages ( prior to the 2007 edition ). In 1987 , " Locus " ranked " The Last Unicorn " number five among the 33 " All - Time Best Fantasy Novels ", based on a poll of subscribers . The 1998 rendition of the poll considered many book series as single entries and thus ranked " The Last Unicorn " number 18 .