Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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Prom night in Buckley Township. Not exactly the most wonderful night of the year.

It's the fifteenth of July, and that means it's time for another stop along the road that runs from Sparrow Hill to the Last Chance Diner; it's time to take another trip in the company of Rose Marshall, crankiest hitchhiking ghost this side of the Atlantic Ocean. With only five stories to go, the stakes are getting higher, the challenges are getting stranger, and the shadow of Bobby Cross is never far away.

Issue 55 of The Edge of Propinquity is live, and with it, the seventh of the Sparrow Hill Road stories is available. "Do You Want to Dance?" takes us out of the ghostroads and back into the land of the living, where a girl named Bethany is preparing for the prom night of her life...and her plans include a ghost by the name of Rose. So get your prom dress, get your corsage, and get ready to stay until the music stops.

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.

Tags: short fiction, sparrow hill road
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Just 'Cause *giggle*

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July 15 2010, 15:49:38 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  July 15 2010, 18:26:40 UTC

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ETA: Just finished the chapter. Forget the *giggle*. I think I am somewhat glad I was not pretty enough or popular enough to be asked to any school dances.

But I do agree with Rose about family like Bethany. Once they make their choice ... yeah.
Sad. Really sad. I can't think of another episode that has ended so sadly.
Yeah. Rose's "life" isn't getting easier.
Sometimes it's cold being a hitcher-ghost.
I am so happy with this one - it's good, it's TIGHT - and while the ending is worms and robins...that's a good thing!

The only problem is I now have a Bette Midler earworm. Yup, she covered this song ala torch ballad once upon a time...and yeah. That.
Whooops!
I so want to read about the Healys.

And I do want to mention that "Danny, God of Highways", had an interesting resonance for me.

Good stuff. I bet you do stick the landing.
I surely hope so.
If you don't realize that things can get a lot worse than death, you haven't learned enough to play for keeps.
Very true.