From A to Z in the InCryptid Alphabet: I.: seanan

From A to Z in the InCryptid Alphabet: I.

I is for INCUBUS.

Technically, there's no such thing, since technically, they're just the males of the Lilu, not a species unto themselves. Succubi don't technically exist, either; they're female Lilu. But since the two genders are different enough to be treated as members of different species, it seems best to go ahead and act like that's true.

Incubi look human, for the most part. They also look really, really good, like the hottest men ever to walk the planet. The trouble is, most people can't agree on what they looked like after they leave the room. That's because when you combine hormones, pheromones, and supernatural sexuality, looks cease to matter quite as much. This can be awfully hard on the nerves of the poor incubi, who either become incurable shut-ins, or spend their time seducing people for fun. The first variety are rarely an issue. The second, on the other hand...

Well. There's a reason the Covenant used to prioritize incubus hunts over anything short of dragon-slaying.

Aunt Jane married an incubus. They have two children, Elsinore and Arthur, who are remarkably well-adjusted, all things considered. Neither of them dates much.

archangelbeth

February 16 2012, 15:52:34 UTC 5 years ago

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...I'm kinda hoping Aunt Jane is tomorrow's J? (Or I am too distracted by cats assaulting me for my muffin to remember what I should.)

Poor shut-in incubi!

seanan_mcguire

February 16 2012, 16:11:05 UTC 5 years ago

Nope. Aunt Jane just got as much of an entry as she's going to.

February 16 2012, 20:06:01 UTC 5 years ago

...Waugh!

liddle_oldman

February 16 2012, 17:19:51 UTC 5 years ago

...and I awoke, and found me here, on the cold hill's side.

February 16 2012, 17:25:42 UTC 5 years ago

Precisely.

ladymondegreen

February 16 2012, 21:40:39 UTC 5 years ago

Damn this hillside is cold.

wendyzski

February 16 2012, 18:32:04 UTC 5 years ago

I'm just imagining what looks like a "normal" family reunion in a park, with BBQ and kids playing tag...until you overhear the clutch of older ladies under that tree saying thinks like "Aunt Jane - wasn't she the one that married the incubus?"

February 17 2012, 15:30:04 UTC 5 years ago

Yeah, that's about it.

anderyn

February 16 2012, 18:47:04 UTC 5 years ago

So is Aunt Jane part of the Healey family in Michigan too?

Do we hear anything about her kids later?

BTW, read "The Flower of Arizona" last night. Yum. Is planning on buying two copies of Discount Armageddon now, just so it gets more hits on the radar.

February 17 2012, 15:30:39 UTC 5 years ago

None of them are in Michigan anymore. The family immigrated to Oregon a generation ago. And her kids are mentioned in Discount Armageddon, but it's not their book.

tigertoy

February 16 2012, 19:46:30 UTC 5 years ago

or spend their time seducing people for fun

That's not so bad. What about those rumors that they devour the souls of the ones they seduce?

February 17 2012, 15:30:47 UTC 5 years ago

Bad press.

jhyanmar

February 16 2012, 23:06:53 UTC 5 years ago

Just finished the ARC. I may have slightly annoyed my wife by the amount of squeeeeeeee at the Neatness, but this is abated because it's her turn to read. I will -definitely- be buying kindlecopy for rereads. Your work, as ever, fills my brainhunger. :)