Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Fresh new (upsetting, disturbing) fiction!

Come and get it while it's hot! The Edge of Propinquity is one of my favorite online magazines, featuring a monthly mix of ongoing, or "universe" stories—sort of like the classic old movie serials of the 1940s and 1950s, only without quite as many Rocketman cameos—and one-off guest stories, showing you the freaky side of the fictional world. I was a guest author for TEoP in 2008, with a gory little story called "Let's Pretend." Feeling the sting of my long absence, I went crawling back to their door, and was rewarded with the chance to be a guest in their home once more.

Ladies and gentlemen, my story for the November 2009 issue of The Edge of Propinquity:

Inspirations.

This is me enjoying the glories of being a horror girl, pure and simple. It's dark, it's squishy, and it makes me very happy to be able to get it out there and share it with the world. Blood stains and all.

Enjoy.
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semy_of_pearls

October 15 2009, 18:01:35 UTC 7 years ago

I remember this story. Good to see it out and about again.

ladymondegreen

October 15 2009, 18:52:48 UTC 7 years ago

I was thinking the same thing. And still just as disturbingly lovely. *shudder*

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

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spectralbovine

October 15 2009, 18:19:03 UTC 7 years ago

tl;dr

...For now! For now! I will read it soon, unless I forget.

seanan_mcguire

October 16 2009, 02:48:08 UTC 7 years ago

Of course, dear.

wendyzski

October 15 2009, 18:51:41 UTC 7 years ago

This is one of those "Big Bucket of Creepy" ones, isn't it.

seanan_mcguire

October 16 2009, 02:48:18 UTC 7 years ago

Yes. Bring your mop.

shiyiya

October 15 2009, 19:27:20 UTC 7 years ago

Ooeh. Creepy. And, appropriately, tragic.

I seem to be unused to stories with unhappy endings!

seanan_mcguire

October 16 2009, 02:48:30 UTC 7 years ago

Hee. Thank you!

angel_vixen

October 15 2009, 19:30:28 UTC 7 years ago

It's brainbreaking and shiver-inducing, and wonderful. I'm going to have such strange dreams tonight.

AngelVixen :-)

seanan_mcguire

October 16 2009, 02:48:42 UTC 7 years ago

I will be pleased to take credit for this.

tigertoy

October 15 2009, 19:36:08 UTC 7 years ago

That is really, deeply, disturbingly creepy.

(I mean that as a compliment, just in case it wasn't clear.)

seanan_mcguire

October 16 2009, 02:49:01 UTC 7 years ago

I got that it was a positive. :) Thank you!

bercilakslady

October 15 2009, 19:49:43 UTC 7 years ago

Good grief lady. That's horrifying. Beautifully written, but horrifying.

seanan_mcguire

October 16 2009, 02:49:24 UTC 7 years ago

I win!

xjenavivex

October 15 2009, 20:55:41 UTC 7 years ago

Thank you for linking that. I enjoyed the read so much. You had me. I needed to pull away as we had a visitor. It was funny. I could hear my boss taking him around, talking with each coworker. I am the last when the tour goes that way. I just finished when she called "the ladies of the closing department" to visit with our corporate lawyer.

I loved the story.

seanan_mcguire

October 16 2009, 02:49:39 UTC 7 years ago

Thank you very much.

lysystratae

October 15 2009, 21:50:37 UTC 7 years ago

ooooooo... it's nasty sisters week (I'm reading Mermaid's Madness currently)

seanan_mcguire

October 16 2009, 02:49:59 UTC 7 years ago

In that case, yes, it's definitely nasty sister's week.

vincentursus

October 15 2009, 23:08:03 UTC 7 years ago

Neil Gaiman told a similar story, though his had a happy ending.

And lacked that creepy vibe.

Come to think of it, it wasn't really a similar story at all.

seanan_mcguire

October 16 2009, 02:50:18 UTC 7 years ago

...okay, now I'm curious. Which of his stories are you thinking of?

vincentursus

7 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

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beeker121

October 16 2009, 02:17:48 UTC 7 years ago

I adore it when greek mythology (others too but I know greek best) is repurposed in modern settings in stories.

This is beautiful and horrifying. I love the rhythm of the story.

seanan_mcguire

October 16 2009, 02:50:29 UTC 7 years ago

Thank you!

hsifyppah

October 16 2009, 03:28:43 UTC 7 years ago

Jesus fuck that's depressing. Ten points!

seanan_mcguire

October 16 2009, 12:29:01 UTC 7 years ago

WIN.

idancewithlife

October 17 2009, 20:12:04 UTC 7 years ago

Ok...you're getting me interested in horror. I'm 52 years old and no one had yet succeeded in getting me interested in horror.

I think what I'm liking best about your writing is that you write so well in so many different voices. Your pacing in the short stories is such that you drop hints at various places that make me say, "Ah. Really? Now I want to know what's going to happen next. How's she going to resolve this?"

I am so looking forward to _Feed_.

seanan_mcguire

October 18 2009, 06:26:20 UTC 7 years ago

I'm really excited about Feed (at least in part because it's still far enough out that I'm not terrified of it yet). It's going to be awesome. Assuming it doesn't kill me.

I'm glad you enjoyed the story!

natf

October 20 2009, 06:57:28 UTC 7 years ago

Stunning. I loved it.

seanan_mcguire

October 20 2009, 14:55:24 UTC 7 years ago

Aw, yay!