Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: content
  • 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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dormouse_in_tea

October 26 2011, 02:48:30 UTC 5 years ago

....you actually sort of freaked me out. :D

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:52:25 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

shandralyn

October 26 2011, 03:11:28 UTC 5 years ago

Creeeeeepyyyyy....

I have always scoffed at going to the bathroom in groups. Hmmm... ;)

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:52:37 UTC 5 years ago

Then you're lucky to be alive!

thedragonweaver

October 26 2011, 03:15:08 UTC 5 years ago

Shared about, if you don't mind extra eyeballs. ;)

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:52:45 UTC 5 years ago

Not at all.

veryclevername

October 26 2011, 03:22:28 UTC 5 years ago

That was both really good and something I really shouldn't have read right before bed.

seanan_mcguire

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

Hee.

lysystratae

October 26 2011, 03:37:40 UTC 5 years ago

That was a great Halloween present!

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:52:58 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

dragondances

October 26 2011, 03:44:46 UTC 5 years ago

I knew there was a reason I liked Chinese restaurants... and that "girls pee in packs" was relevant to more than just Rape Escape.

Very creepy; and now I have to go do the night shift by myself at the hotel where I work. *grin*

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:53:05 UTC 5 years ago

Enjoy!

batyatoon

October 26 2011, 05:28:54 UTC 5 years ago

EEEE YAY THIS STORY

*marks to read later when it is not the middle of the night*

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 14:53:13 UTC 5 years ago

Good plan.

lauowolf

October 26 2011, 18:20:07 UTC 5 years ago

As if public bathrooms needed to be more creepy.
Dang.
Um, so...
Does reading the story do the same thing as hearing it?
She asks nervously.

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 19:06:00 UTC 5 years ago

I hope not.

ginmar

October 26 2011, 19:04:11 UTC 5 years ago

Oh my God.
Being a geek, I also recognized the name "Samael" from "Hellboy." He was not pleasant there, either.

seanan_mcguire

October 26 2011, 19:06:10 UTC 5 years ago

Nooooooooooooooooooo.

He rarely is.

ginmar

5 years ago

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the_liz666

October 26 2011, 23:18:20 UTC 5 years ago

Utterly creepy. I wish there were more stories attached to it! Still fantastic standalone.
Oh, and it casts a whole new light on my local theater bathroom. I've always found it innately creepy. It's a little too dim, and a little too quiet for being wedged between two cinemas, and it always has this eerie chill, as though some unspeakable horror occurred there.

...Now I want to write a suitable horror to explain it. Though Uncle Sam visiting would make a lot of sense.

seanan_mcguire

October 27 2011, 14:18:00 UTC 5 years ago

I kinda like it when something is actually short. It's so novel for me!

paragraphs

October 27 2011, 01:24:51 UTC 5 years ago

Creepy! I like it. :)

seanan_mcguire

October 27 2011, 14:18:07 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks!

alicetheowl

October 27 2011, 18:15:06 UTC 5 years ago

That is so much creepier when you work in a city (Troy, NY) that boasts, "The birthplace of Uncle Sam!" as you're driving in. There's a statue, a parade, even a local chocolatier. I'm also told there's a gravestone, but I'm not one to tromp through old graveyards to look.

seanan_mcguire

October 28 2011, 00:29:18 UTC 5 years ago

VICTORY.

alicetheowl

5 years ago

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hasufin

October 31 2011, 05:17:21 UTC 5 years ago

REminds me of a deal in one of the old Buck Godot strips. Deals like that kind of seem like a bad idea, when you look back, don't they?

seanan_mcguire

October 31 2011, 15:49:01 UTC 5 years ago

Yup.

filkferengi

November 2 2011, 23:07:56 UTC 5 years ago

Now I'm hearing someone declaiming "Samael" to the rhythm of "Sam I Am" from "Green Eggs And Ham."

Brava!

seanan_mcguire

November 7 2011, 16:17:30 UTC 5 years ago

YAY.
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