Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
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  • Music: The Decemberists, "Down By the Water."

Short story publication: "Uncle Sam."

I am very pleased to (somewhat belatedly) announce that I have sold a short story to The Edge of Propinquity, the very same electronic magazine which once upon a time published my Sparrow Hill Road serial (oh, let me tell you about Rose Marshall...). I'm so pleased to be a part of this publication again, even if it's only for a visit, and not for keeps.

So it is without further ado that I tell you to go forth and read about Uncle Sam, the founding of America, why girls go to the bathroom in groups, and how Chinese restaurants can save your life, if you let them.

"Uncle Sam."

Enjoy.
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calico_reaction

October 25 2011, 19:52:21 UTC 5 years ago

Awesome! Congrats!

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:14:01 UTC 5 years ago

I'm pleased. :)

trixiaw

October 25 2011, 19:59:51 UTC 5 years ago

Very creepy, you gave me a shiver.

Now please tell me you made it up.

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:14:08 UTC 5 years ago

I did.

saoba

5 years ago

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wcg

5 years ago

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beccastareyes

October 25 2011, 20:00:39 UTC 5 years ago

Ooh, what a delightfully creepy story.

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:14:16 UTC 5 years ago

Happy Halloween!

beccastareyes

5 years ago

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ravenclawed

October 25 2011, 20:07:54 UTC 5 years ago

That was creepy. Of course, it helps that my name's Tara. :-) Now, do you have a story for Uncle Sam's female counterpart, Columbia?

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:14:22 UTC 5 years ago

Not yet!

ladymondegreen

5 years ago

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fadedbluejeans

October 25 2011, 20:12:04 UTC 5 years ago

Ooooh, creepy.

Never was the kind of girl to go to the bathroom with an entourage, but then I'm not American.

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:14:28 UTC 5 years ago

That helps.

textileowl

October 25 2011, 20:22:14 UTC 5 years ago

I'll have you know I thought about this story every time I went to the bathroom this weekend. Thankfully, the pub I was in did have the restrooms where everyone could see you enter.

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:26:29 UTC 5 years ago

Good!

phantom_wolfboy

October 25 2011, 20:29:29 UTC 5 years ago

Very nice.

Well, not nice, exactly. But good.

Um. It's a good story.

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:37:49 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

keristor

October 25 2011, 20:31:47 UTC 5 years ago

Wonderful! Of course, I'm neither American nor a woman so I'm immune, but I do wonder what you'd do with some of our British folklore, and /then/ I get worried...

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:38:01 UTC 5 years ago

That's probably for the best.

queenmaggie

5 years ago

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midnightblooms

October 25 2011, 20:58:48 UTC 5 years ago

Oh, so creepy! I loved it! Also, will now check out bathroom locations in all restaurants.

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:49:36 UTC 5 years ago

Good plan.

tikiera

October 25 2011, 21:07:43 UTC 5 years ago

That was, indeed, creepy.

Congratulations - out of all the horror I have read this month, only you have managed to creep me out.

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:49:44 UTC 5 years ago

YAY I WIN.

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seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:49:56 UTC 5 years ago

Only pee alone in Canada.

tigrkittn

October 25 2011, 21:23:41 UTC 5 years ago

Creeeeepy!! Restaurant restrooms are going to make me mighty nervous from now on! I go by myself all the time...

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:50:02 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

myuki_chan

October 25 2011, 21:30:37 UTC 5 years ago

Thankfully, I'm on Canadian soil.

... but I'm a bit nervous now for whenever I do visit the US.

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:50:09 UTC 5 years ago

Wise.

queenmaggie

October 25 2011, 21:39:26 UTC 5 years ago

That is gruesome. Why in heaven's name would anyone renegotiate with a dark angel!!!??? What happens to them when all the women are gone.....

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:50:35 UTC 5 years ago

There are an awful lot of women to go through. The people who made the bargain will be long, long dead by then.

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seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:50:43 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

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seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:50:51 UTC 5 years ago

Awesome.

swevene

October 25 2011, 22:17:43 UTC 5 years ago

Suddenly glad I'm Canadian!

That was a good story.

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:50:59 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks!

That deserves a Happy Halloween Pumpkitten!

ladyqkat

October 25 2011, 22:26:34 UTC 5 years ago

funny pictures - He exists charlie!
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Re: That deserves a Happy Halloween Pumpkitten!

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:51:10 UTC 5 years ago

...that's some cat.

pbrim

October 25 2011, 22:26:55 UTC 5 years ago

Oh, wonderful, says the American woman who lives alone. As if I didn't have enough problems with insomnia.

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:51:19 UTC 5 years ago

You're welcome.

fabricdragon

5 years ago

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vincentursus

October 25 2011, 22:45:32 UTC 5 years ago

Ooh, that was delightfully creepy.

And the artistry is that you do it so well in just a short story like that. I'm impressed.

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:51:27 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks!

liret

October 25 2011, 22:53:05 UTC 5 years ago

I I think am going to be grabbing people to go to the bathroom with me now.

For some reason, I want to picture Angela occasionally hanging out in college with the group from The Box.

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:51:36 UTC 5 years ago

I could see that.

yellowblackhaze

October 25 2011, 23:33:45 UTC 5 years ago

I'm going to be weirded out for the rest of the day now. Thank goodness I live in Australia. Yet ladies still visit the bathroom in groups down here, too.

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:51:48 UTC 5 years ago

It's safer.

alitalf

October 26 2011, 00:00:28 UTC 5 years ago

I don't normally use the word "awesome" because I feel it is over used. Just this once, though, "awesome".

I've been enjoying the Rose Marshall series too - just finished El Viento del Diablo.

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:51:55 UTC 5 years ago

Oh, yay.

annotated_em

October 26 2011, 01:33:52 UTC 5 years ago

*whimpers* I just read that in my apartment. Where I live alone. And no one can see me. And I'm female.

Does it count if your cats can see you?

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:52:07 UTC 5 years ago

If it doesn't, I'm in trouble.

alicetheowl

5 years ago

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kamui_atsuko

October 26 2011, 01:49:34 UTC 5 years ago Edited:  October 26 2011, 01:57:09 UTC

As if I wasn't afraid of going into public bathrooms enough. Seriously considering on bringing an entourage of female ninjas to escort me to the bathroom next time! That or I'll just hold it in and risk getting a kidney infection (LOL).

Also, the "She had to be peeing?" line made me laugh pretty hard.

Great job (as usual)!
!friends

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:52:17 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks!
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