A little holiday greeting.: seanan

A little holiday greeting.

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through my room
Were bunny girls bitching, and portents of doom,
And fairy tale murders and pandemic flu—
My friends hope my holiday dreams won't come true—

And Tara is working on graphics so fine
To help and promote that new novel of mine
(The first in a series both shiny and new,
With Verity, mice, and a cryptid or two).

I'm writing you now from a Disney World dream,
Where I am ensconced with my favorite team:
It's Vixy and Amy and Patty and Brooke,
Oh, the trips we will take and the trips that we've took...

Two thousand eleven is quite nearly spent!
Oh, the things that we did, and the places we went!
I'm still with the agent—now more than three years!
She still knows I'm crazy, and yet she's still here.

Five Toby adventures are there on the shelves,
Full of wise-cracking Cait Sidhe and put-upon elves,
Another adventure is coming this year,
Which ought to be good for your holiday cheer.

In March, meet the Price girls, and Blackout in May
(My evil twin, Mira, says you should obey),
And then in September, there's Ashes of Honor,
And you know that somebody's prolly a goner.

InCryptid and Velveteen, Babylon Archer,
And so many more are prepared for departure
At

seanan_mcguire the updates are steady—
I'm keeping you posted. You'd better get ready.

The year yet to come will bring wonders galore,
And I can't start to guess at the great things in store,
So whatever you celebrate when the world's cold,
Be it secular, modern, or something quite old,

I hope that you're happy, I hope that you're warm,
I hope that you're ready to weather the storm,
And I wish you the joys that a winter provides,
All you Kings of the Summer and sweet Snow Queen brides,

And I can't wait to see what the next year will bring,
The stories we'll tell, and the songs that we'll sing.
The dead and the living will stand and rejoice!
(I beg you to rise while you still have a choice.)

The journey's been fun, and there's much more to see,
So grab your machete and come now with me,
And they'll hear us exclaim as we dash out of sight,
"Scary Christmas to all, and to all a good fright!"

Tags: poetry

vulpine137

December 25 2011, 04:16:27 UTC 5 years ago

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Merry Cthulhumas to you, oh Queen of the Machetes

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talkstowolves

December 25 2011, 04:26:21 UTC 5 years ago

Absolute. Love. ♥

Happy Hogswatch!

unnisarah

December 25 2011, 04:30:13 UTC 5 years ago

I wish you a Merry Christmas Seanan. Looking forward to all the good stuff
you will have on the shelves in 2012. :)

meggins

December 25 2011, 04:31:24 UTC 5 years ago

No machete here, but I can see it's going to be an interesting ride through the year with you. Just hope those pesky Mayans are wrong.

Happy Holidays!

;)

maverick_weirdo

December 25 2011, 04:57:21 UTC 5 years ago

Have fun storming the castle

lysystratae

December 25 2011, 05:00:11 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!!!!! Merry Christmas!

jennygriffee

December 25 2011, 06:42:07 UTC 5 years ago

Happy holidays from me and my bevy of creepy dolls. :) (because what else could be more festive, really....)

moth2fic

December 25 2011, 07:28:52 UTC 5 years ago

Happy Christmas, Happy Solstice and Happy New year!

Thank you for the pleasure you've brought to 2011 - looking forward to 2012!

azurelunatic

December 25 2011, 07:47:29 UTC 5 years ago

The mention of Babylon Archer makes me gasp and cross my fingers.

SO MANY GOOD THINGS.

swevene

December 25 2011, 07:59:20 UTC 5 years ago

Bravissima! Merry Christmas to you too. :)

filceolaire

December 25 2011, 08:48:30 UTC 5 years ago

A happy scary Disney Christmas to you and yours Seanan. Hope I might see you in the new year.

dragonsally

December 25 2011, 09:43:09 UTC 5 years ago

Weather the storm we have. we've had a wild Christmas Day here in Melbourne (Aus)
I hope your day is wonderful.

pbristow

December 25 2011, 12:32:59 UTC 5 years ago Edited: December 25 2011, 12:34:05 UTC

YAY!!!! Messy Crumbletide!

archangelbeth

December 25 2011, 13:02:54 UTC 5 years ago Edited: December 25 2011, 13:03:21 UTC

Hoppy Holly-day!

(Hopping like Chinese Vampires, of course! O;D )

childinthegrave

December 25 2011, 13:13:52 UTC 5 years ago

Merry Chrismahanukwanzakah! Thank you for this lovely Christmas present, it's the first one I've gotten so far this year (let the festivities begin, in-laws, hurry it up~) and it's a good one :D

rosaleen_dhu

December 25 2011, 13:36:31 UTC 5 years ago

So incredibly wonderful! Thanks for inducing a crazy grin on christmas morning...I hope your holidays are bright!

bzarcher

December 25 2011, 13:39:15 UTC 5 years ago

Yaaay! Scary Christmas to you, too, and a Zombie new year!

besanderson

December 25 2011, 13:53:40 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks for the poem, Seanan. I wish the happiest of holidays to you and yours. Have a great day! =o)

vincentursus

December 25 2011, 14:47:09 UTC 5 years ago

*applauds*

peachtales

December 25 2011, 15:27:09 UTC 5 years ago Edited: December 25 2011, 15:28:26 UTC

Wishing you a merry christmas and a shinyhappy new year!

And there's always the zombie holiday to look forward to: http://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/track/zombie-holiday Ah yes, a good memory for 2011. :)