Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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"The Atlantic Highway isn't a safe place for the dead..."

Rose Marshall has come a long, long way since she died in Buckley Township, Michigan, and now, with the stakes getting higher every time she turns around, she's finally doing what she's needed to do for a while. She's finally looking for help. Of course, on the ghostroads, even the help can harm you...

Issue 52 of The Edge of Propinquity is live, and with it, the fourth of the Sparrow Hill Road stories is available. "Building a Mystery" takes us deep into the ghostroads, and all the way along the back of the Old Atlantic Highway, where the routewitches may hold the key to Rose's past—and to her future. All she has to do is survive...and for the dead, that can prove to be surprisingly hard.

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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wcg

April 15 2010, 17:35:34 UTC 7 years ago

Hmmm... Florida's one of the five states I haven't been in yet. Am I feeling that crazy?

seanan_mcguire

April 15 2010, 17:54:45 UTC 7 years ago

I don't know! But they have good lizards there.

wcg

April 15 2010, 18:17:29 UTC 7 years ago

Spider Robinson tells us that Jake Stonebender moved Callahan's Bar to Key West. Maybe Rose would like to smash a glass in the old fireplace after a cheeseburger?

seanan_mcguire

April 15 2010, 22:11:43 UTC 7 years ago

Highly unlikely. She tries not to drink in the daylight when there are people around who might know how to bind her.

wcg

April 16 2010, 03:06:20 UTC 7 years ago

I've no doubt there would be people in Callahan's who'd know how, but I'm also absolutely certain none of them would. Not there. (Of course I realize she may not know this, and she's lasted as long as she has by being careful.)