Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: Dar Williams, "Promised Land."

"I think I messed up, Rose..."

With a lot of road behind her and a lot of road left to go, Rose Marshall—the Shadow of Sparrow Hill Road—is only starting to understand just how the stakes are capable of getting. The darker story is beginning to show through, and even the dead may not survive it.

Issue 51 of The Edge of Propinquity is live, and with it, the third of the Sparrow Hill Road stories is available. "Tell Laura I Love Her" offers a glimpse into Rose's past, and the way that it can echo forward to destroy her future. But how much future is there, really, for someone who died more than fifty years ago?

There are a lot of stories trapped and tangled in the twilight. This is only one of them. But it's the one I have to tell.

Give a girl a ride?

Tags: short fiction, sparrow hill road
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keristor

March 16 2010, 11:29:36 UTC 7 years ago

And as usual someone else has said it better:

"Shunning misogynistic horror tropes in favor of genuine drama and pure creepiness, McGuire has crafted a masterpiece of suspense with engaging, appealing characters who conduct a soul-shredding examination of what’s true and what’s reported."

I haven't read 'Feed' yet, but that description fits Rose just as perfectly. And Toby, and your other stories, (substituting 'horror' with the approriate genre).

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:33:39 UTC 7 years ago

That really is one of the sweetest things anyone's ever said about me.