Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Children shouldn't play with dead things, you know...

It's the middle of August, and that means it's time for another mile along the route 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. We only have four more stops before we reach the end of this particular road trip, and things are getting a little darker all the time.

Issue 56 of The Edge of Propinquity is live, and with it, the eighth of the Sparrow Hill Road stories is available. "Dead Man's Curve" follows Rose as she tries to take a night off in the company of some college kids...only it turns out they're on a mission, and it's one that just might get them killed. When Rose Marshall tangles with amateur ghost-hunters, it can only end in tears.

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: good things, short fiction, sparrow hill road
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  • 16 comments

kyburg

August 16 2010, 16:34:08 UTC 6 years ago

And Monday just got awesome. Thanks!

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:10:48 UTC 6 years ago

Welcome!

fatherofdragons

August 16 2010, 17:27:33 UTC 6 years ago

It's a Rose Marshall vs Darwin cage match!

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:11:00 UTC 6 years ago

Pretty much.

maverick_weirdo

August 16 2010, 17:32:13 UTC 6 years ago

and things are getting a little darker all the time.

I wouldn't say this story was "darker" but it was a good story.

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:11:13 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks!

markbernstein

August 16 2010, 18:26:54 UTC 6 years ago

I'm the wide-eyed Timmy to his mysterious Mr. Wizard

When I saw that, my first thought was, "If this goes wrong, we're gonna need another Timmy."


seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:11:40 UTC 6 years ago

Eee hee hee!

two_star

August 16 2010, 19:29:41 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks! I'm really enjoying these.

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:11:55 UTC 6 years ago

Very welcome.

vincentursus

August 16 2010, 23:34:28 UTC 6 years ago

You know, my first thought was that it was nice to see Rose dealing with a minor danger in a clear and competent manner.

My second thought was that Rose would probably say something impolite and/or incredulous if someone said that to her.

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:12:08 UTC 6 years ago

Preeeeeeeeetty much.

emberleo

August 17 2010, 11:25:35 UTC 6 years ago

Hah! I love it.

And I must admit, I love the Angela character, but then, I would.

--Ember--

emberleo

August 17 2010, 12:36:23 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  August 17 2010, 12:38:50 UTC

Replying to myself. Sad, I know.

I just realized how much I find myself assuming that this will be a graphic novel someday. I feel very much like I'm reading a story that is the novelization of something that originally had pictures I can't see.

It's kind of a weird feeling, and definitely not one that I get regularly, from you or from any other author. But the more I think about it, the more I believe it's because it would make a really, really fabulous graphic novel, dangit.

I admit, I'm picturing art from someone like Charles Vess - equally good at spooky and romantic, rather than super-hero-ish, or anime or something.

[Edit to clarify] I know you're more than qualified to draw your own characters. I mean no insult. I simply happen to be picturing a different style as I read. Well, and I figure you've got quite enough on your plate without somebody seriously suggesting that you start writing and drawing your own graphic novels from scratch, for goodness sakes!

--Ember--

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:13:25 UTC 6 years ago

It's not an insult; I don't do comic adaptations, and I wouldn't want to try. I'd like to see Sparrow Hill done by the team that does Fables or The House of Mystery. Or Carla Speed McNeil, because I love her so hard.

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 04:12:23 UTC 6 years ago

Well, yes.