Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: Halestorm, "Freak Like Me."

When will you rise...and when will you fall?

I've spoken before about my love of fanfic, and how it allows you to do things you can't necessarily do "in canon." One of those things, one of my favorite things, is the alternate universe. What would have happened if Toby had never become a fish? If Thomas had convinced Alice to go back to the Covenant with him, instead of leaving it for her?

If someone else had been the first to die?

I have written an alternate ending to Feed, picking up at what was originally chapter twenty-five. It's called Fed, and I'm very pleased with it, in part because it shows that no, the original ending wasn't the worst possible outcome. This was.

Fed is kindly being hosted by Orbit, thus preventing me from becoming a blibbering mess in the week leading up to the release of Blackout, and for right now, you can download and read by liking the Facebook page they've set up specifically for this purpose. (It's getting a one-week Facebook exclusive for marketing purposes, and I surely would appreciate it if you went and hit the "like" button.) This is full of spoilers, so I recommend against reading it if you haven't read Feed.

Rise up while you can.
Tags: blackout, book promotion, feed, mira grant, pandemic time, short fiction, silliness, zombies
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beccastareyes

May 16 2012, 17:58:16 UTC 5 years ago

Oooh, thank you~!

(Though one thing I was expecting to happen in your alternate universe (based on Deadline spoilers) didn't and that would have made it even worse for the Masons. I may be a horrible person.)

janetmiles

May 16 2012, 19:02:01 UTC 5 years ago

I'm curious what you thought of; if it's too spoilery, would you be willing to message me?

lysystratae

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sheistheweather

May 16 2012, 18:03:45 UTC 5 years ago

Looking forward to reading this on my lunch break.

sheistheweather

May 16 2012, 18:58:19 UTC 5 years ago Edited:  May 16 2012, 18:58:48 UTC

Oh, ouch. OUCH.

I like the real ending better. I never thought I'd say that.

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I was afraid you were going to do something like a reversal of the ending of FEED, and incorporate part of the important thing revealed about Shaun and Kellis-Amberlee. I'm glad you didn't, though; it would have been far too Romeo and Juliet.

Still, ouch.

And the Masons suing the site for the cost of Georgia? Yet another demonstration of their pettiness. Wow.
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sheistheweather

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faecat

May 16 2012, 18:05:08 UTC 5 years ago

Oh my god.

Pardon me while I leave my desk to go bawl my eyeballs out.

seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:19:17 UTC 5 years ago

That means I win!

faecat

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glinda_w

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ceosanna

May 16 2012, 18:13:12 UTC 5 years ago

Argh! This is me shaking my fist at my office's firewall which is preventing me from reading this right now.

jenfullmoon

May 16 2012, 20:14:32 UTC 5 years ago

Yeah. I hope this gets reposted after the week of Facebook exclusivity is over.

seanan_mcguire

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ceosanna

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brightlotusmoon

May 16 2012, 18:15:29 UTC 5 years ago

Ouch.
Oh, OUCH.

seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:19:40 UTC 5 years ago

Yay. :)

brightlotusmoon

5 years ago

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serge_lj

May 16 2012, 18:16:32 UTC 5 years ago Edited:  May 16 2012, 18:16:51 UTC

"Toto, we're home. Home! And this is my room, and you're all here. And I'm not gonna leave here ever, ever again, because I love you all, and - oh, Auntie Em - there's no place like home!"

kshandra

May 16 2012, 20:15:58 UTC 5 years ago

...your intention with the above quote may have been to celebrate returning to the Newsflesh universe, but I parsed it in the context of Georgia's final act and found myself cursing you in languages I don't actually know. *wry smile*

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swevene

May 16 2012, 18:17:51 UTC 5 years ago

I never thought I would be actually grateful for Feed's ending.

seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:20:08 UTC 5 years ago

I know, right?

webqatch

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blackpaladin

May 16 2012, 18:19:37 UTC 5 years ago

Alas, will have to get sidoux to get me in to see this, as I am one of the dwindling few who still resist the call of Facebook, and (as far as I can tell) you need to have an account and like the thing in order to see it. (Something tells me this won't be hard to do, as it is more Newsflesh-y goodness.)

seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:20:34 UTC 5 years ago

It'll be non-exclusive after a week, but the week was worth it if it meant Orbit did all the formatting and setup work for me, y'know?

blackpaladin

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mrs_norris_mous

May 16 2012, 18:20:13 UTC 5 years ago

Its worth knowing that if you follow the paths, there are options to download the file as a pdf :)

Thank you.

seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:20:49 UTC 5 years ago

Yes, but I can't say that until the exclusivity period ends. ;)

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seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:21:14 UTC 5 years ago

That was sort of the point. I'm glad you disliked it!

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xjenavivex

May 16 2012, 18:45:30 UTC 5 years ago

Why yes I am a lemming. I will go click like now.

Also FED cracked me up. I don't know why.

seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:21:24 UTC 5 years ago

It's a funny word!

Emily Kaiser

May 16 2012, 18:56:54 UTC 5 years ago

I cried. So good.
I'm not coherent anymore.

Now I'm need Blackout.
And more George and Shaun.

brb sobbing forever

seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:21:36 UTC 5 years ago

Aw.

*tissue*

janetmiles

May 16 2012, 18:57:54 UTC 5 years ago Edited:  May 16 2012, 19:03:27 UTC

It's called Fed, and I'm very pleased with it, in part because it shows that no, the original ending wasn't the worst possible outcome. This was.

*is speechless*


*is still speechless*


*is still speechless*


Ghods DAMN, Seanan. Just, wow.


[edited to remove sentence that I didn't think about being a spoiler for Fed, because I figured everyone would read the excerpt before reading the comments, and I was wrong.]

seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:21:47 UTC 5 years ago

Yay, thank you!

janetmiles

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anne_d

May 16 2012, 19:00:55 UTC 5 years ago

Oh *censored*, you mean I actually have to join Facebook now? I really didn't want to, but it's beginning to look like I'll have to do it.

grumph.

jenfullmoon

May 16 2012, 20:16:42 UTC 5 years ago

I think at this point we're all forced to join Facebook, like it or not, no matter what it does to out you everywhere it can with the constantly changing everything.

GRRRRRRRRR.

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leighblack

May 16 2012, 19:05:35 UTC 5 years ago

Well. That was an painful way to kill part of my afternoon. Ouch.

seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:22:31 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

tikiera

May 16 2012, 19:09:57 UTC 5 years ago

I will be over here whimpering in a corner.

yeah, the ending of Feed suddenly doesn't..., nope, still hurts as much. But it is a better hurt than this one.

seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:22:43 UTC 5 years ago

See? It coulda been worse.

ladymurmur

May 16 2012, 19:16:24 UTC 5 years ago

Waiting, patiently for the one-week Facebook exclusivity to pass. OK - not so patiently, but still waiting. :-)

Calling all my Feed fiend friends who ARE on FB to let them know, though...

seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:22:50 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

indilwen

May 16 2012, 19:44:52 UTC 5 years ago

So that's what it feels like to spontaneously burst into tears.


seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:22:58 UTC 5 years ago

...whoops.

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crewgrrl

May 16 2012, 19:53:22 UTC 5 years ago

It's a good thing today already sucked....


You don't pull any punches, do you?

seanan_mcguire

May 16 2012, 20:23:11 UTC 5 years ago

Not usually. It seems dishonest.

glinda_w

May 16 2012, 20:39:58 UTC 5 years ago Edited:  May 16 2012, 21:06:35 UTC

I'm getting an "The webpage at https://a.pgtb.me/facebook/app/53669/renderi/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address." error, in both Firefox and Chrome, after "liking" the page.

I'm also swearing about that... will check back again later.

*sniffle*sob*want instant gratification!!* *grin*

Tried again in Firefox, it works. Meep.

(Memo to self: be careful what you ask for...)

seanan_mcguire

May 17 2012, 16:29:54 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

lysystratae

May 16 2012, 20:47:08 UTC 5 years ago

And it's fantastic (no surprise).

I made my husband go to the Tea Gardens so I could get pics of the fish; it's a truly lovely place that I would have missed if not for you (& Toby). Thank you.

seanan_mcguire

May 17 2012, 16:30:05 UTC 5 years ago

You're so welcome!

ayashi

May 16 2012, 21:09:44 UTC 5 years ago

:'(

That is all.

seanan_mcguire

May 17 2012, 16:30:11 UTC 5 years ago

Yes.

filkertom

May 16 2012, 21:13:20 UTC 5 years ago

NoScript isn't letting me get past ALL THE MULTIMEDIA on that page -- so... so.

seanan_mcguire

May 17 2012, 16:30:21 UTC 5 years ago

How tedious. :(

themysteriousg

May 16 2012, 21:15:14 UTC 5 years ago

You are evil! Evil I say.

But I love you best right now.

seanan_mcguire

May 17 2012, 16:30:39 UTC 5 years ago

That means I win!
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