Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • 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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faecat

May 16 2012, 22:28:13 UTC 5 years ago

I cried. And threw. And then went and picked up. And reread. And cried more. And put the book very firmly down. And cried more. And immediately ordered Deadline.

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wendyzski

May 17 2012, 06:14:44 UTC 5 years ago

You too?

When I suggest it to people I tell them "I cried twice and threw the book across the room once".

seanan_mcguire

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

Aww.

Sorry!

yellowblackhaze

May 16 2012, 22:37:31 UTC 5 years ago

I bawled at the end of Feed as well, also at a couple of times during the book. My wife read it and when she finished immediately came downstairs and asked for a hug.