Rose Marshall was sixteen years old the summer that she died...: seanan

Rose Marshall was sixteen years old the summer that she died...

We're halfway down the road that runs from Sparrow Hill to the Last Chance Diner; we're halfway between the beginning and the end. And that means it's finally time for me to tell the one story Rose has that's been kept private up until now—the story of the way it all began, and the night that Rose Marshall, high school girl with her whole life ahead of her, became Rose Marshall, hitchhiking ghost.

It's June, and this is the story of the way Rose Marshall died.

Issue 54 of The Edge of Propinquity is live, and with it, the sixth of the Sparrow Hill Road stories is available. "Last Dance With Mary Jane" takes us back in time to 1945, where a teenage girl named Rose is about to lose her way forever. This is the ending that began everything. This is the real story behind the Phantom Prom Date, the Girl in the Diner...the Spirit of Sparrow Hill Road.

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.

Welcome to the ghostroads.

dornbeast

June 16 2010, 00:58:18 UTC 7 years ago

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Oh, my. Does Rose live in the same universe that has Aeslin mice, or is that just a coincidence?

dormouse_in_tea

June 16 2010, 01:20:07 UTC 7 years ago

Yes, she does!

seanan_mcguire

June 16 2010, 16:00:46 UTC 7 years ago

And you love it.

June 16 2010, 16:43:55 UTC 7 years ago

Yes. Yes I do.

I've been dutifully going over every time and boosting the hit counter when you announce a new story, but I haven't been reading, because I wanted to wallow in the entire thing at once.

THIS IS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP MY RESOLUTION. I tell you what.

Aiieeee. The TRUTH!