Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: Dar Williams, "We Learned the Sea."

It was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea...

I promised you a treat to celebrate the impending release of Ashes of Honor, and here it is:

A brand-new story about the Luidaeg, "In Sea-Salt Tears," has been posted on the equally brand-new Toby Daye short fiction page. It is available in ePub, MOBI, and PDF formats, and is free for download. (So far, this is the only free Toby-universe short story. We'll be adding listings for the published-in-books shorts in a little while, but it's not hyper-high priority.)

This story is best read after One Salt Sea, and it further details the relationship between the Luidaeg and Elizabeth Ryan, the Selkie clan leader we met at the very end of the book. Please download rather than trying to read locally; my server will thank you.

Cover graphics are by Tara O'Shea. All short story electronic conversion thus far has been done by scifantasy. As both of them are awesome, we applaud them now.

Go forth, read, and please feel free to use this as a discussion post, which means there may be spoilers in the comments. Tread carefully.

Enjoy.
Tags: ashes of honor, short fiction, toby daye
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museclio

August 23 2012, 15:35:09 UTC 4 years ago

Ahem SQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 15:42:22 UTC 4 years ago

Hee yay.

museclio

4 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

4 years ago

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kouredios

August 23 2012, 15:35:41 UTC 4 years ago

YAY!

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 15:42:30 UTC 4 years ago

*beam*

ladymondegreen

August 23 2012, 15:36:30 UTC 4 years ago

Oh wow. Tara did a great job on the cover. Kudos!

I'm so pleased that this is out in the world now, but qnza. Cbbe, cbbe Yvm.

Spoiler in Rot-13 because this is the first post on this thread.

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 15:42:38 UTC 4 years ago

That hurt my head.

ladymondegreen

4 years ago

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taraoshea

4 years ago

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ladymondegreen

4 years ago

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rivertumbled

August 23 2012, 15:41:34 UTC 4 years ago

eeeeeee! the luidaeg is my favorite.

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 15:42:54 UTC 4 years ago

Mine, too, a lot of the time.

rivertumbled

4 years ago

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jenfullmoon

4 years ago

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kimuro

4 years ago

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mrs_norris_mous

August 23 2012, 15:47:05 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you :)

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 15:54:30 UTC 4 years ago

Welcome.

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seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 15:54:40 UTC 4 years ago

Very welcome.

sorchasilver

August 23 2012, 15:56:42 UTC 4 years ago

Oooh, thank you! I read all of the Toby Daye books for the first time in the last couple of weeks, and am delighted to have been here just in time for this.

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:20:06 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

peachtales

August 23 2012, 16:04:15 UTC 4 years ago

Can't wait to read it later today! Got it downloaded, :)
Thank you for this!

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:20:14 UTC 4 years ago

Very welcome.

qnofhrt

August 23 2012, 16:09:52 UTC 4 years ago

Yay for more Toby stories! Can't wait to download and start reading!

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:27:52 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

denisen1

August 23 2012, 16:13:26 UTC 4 years ago

We're plague house today (home sick with vile, evil, icky cold), so reading book 5 in plans for day ... this is lovely treat to follow! Thanks ... <3 <3 <3!

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:28:04 UTC 4 years ago

Hooray!

pickledginger

August 23 2012, 16:13:39 UTC 4 years ago

Oooh, yum.

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:28:23 UTC 4 years ago

Glee.

spectralbovine

August 23 2012, 16:27:14 UTC 4 years ago

OOOOOH NICE. *APPLAUDS*

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:28:33 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

indigoraven

August 23 2012, 16:32:05 UTC 4 years ago

Oh, ye gods, that was gut wrenching. I just want to curl around the sea witch and soothe the hurt.

Thank you so much for this little gift. It was wonderful. Though, admittedly, it has not assuaged in the least my impatience for Ashes of Honor. ;->

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:29:04 UTC 4 years ago

She is such a sad bunny.

I know, but at least it means you get to see more of the Selkies, who aren't really a part of book six.

archangelbeth

August 23 2012, 16:40:28 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you! And thanks to scifantasy and Tara O'Shea!

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:29:16 UTC 4 years ago

Aren't they amazing?

spectralbovine

August 23 2012, 16:43:28 UTC 4 years ago

Anyone want to provide a quick run-down of what I should be remembering from One Salt Sea? I remember vague things about the Luidaeg and Selkies and skins and whatnot and it was all really sad and complicated, I'm sure.

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:30:03 UTC 4 years ago

1) The Luidaeg is the Roane Firstborn.
2) Selkies were created when another Firstborn told a bunch of jerks how to skin Roane so as to keep their magic.
3) So basically, all Selkies are wearing the Luidaeg's dead babies on their backs.

Nothing major.

spectralbovine

4 years ago

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scifantasy

4 years ago

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scifantasy

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porpentine

4 years ago

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jenfullmoon

4 years ago

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kimuro

August 23 2012, 16:44:10 UTC 4 years ago

wow

*huge shuddering sigh*

wow.

That was beautiful. Tearfully, frighteningly, achingly beautiful.

I am so very glad you wrote this and extremely happy to have read it.

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:30:15 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you very much.

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seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:30:23 UTC 4 years ago

Mine, too.

jacylrin

August 23 2012, 17:00:54 UTC 4 years ago

*sniff*

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:30:30 UTC 4 years ago

*hug*

saruby

August 23 2012, 17:02:53 UTC 4 years ago

Wow. Just wow. Thank you.

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:30:38 UTC 4 years ago

Very welcome.

bloolark

August 23 2012, 17:03:05 UTC 4 years ago

*sniffles* Poor Luidaeg. And the description of her parents, OMG, that hurt even worse knowing what she was talking about.

Beautiful story though. Thank you.

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 17:31:00 UTC 4 years ago

I was so happy to actually get to write her talking about her parents, you don't even know.

Very welcome.

shiyiya

4 years ago

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gwaihiril

August 23 2012, 17:22:25 UTC 4 years ago

So excited! I started rereading the Toby books last night, so I'm going to wait to read this until I've finished (which, um, shouldn't be that long) so I'll be back soon! I was just thinking last night about how awesome the Luidaeg is, so it's awesome that there's a story about her.

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 20:46:56 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

gwaihiril

4 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

4 years ago

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evaleastaristev

August 23 2012, 17:45:59 UTC 4 years ago

OMG, that was beautiful. Poor Luidaeg. Poor Liz. I feel so sorry for both of them. Such a beautifully tragic story.

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 20:47:11 UTC 4 years ago

They got screwed.

But she was not a second-place ribbon.

dimestore_romeo

August 23 2012, 17:46:23 UTC 4 years ago

The Luidaeg will forever be my favourite.

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 20:47:19 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

knittingwoman

August 23 2012, 17:46:56 UTC 4 years ago

just downloaded it. can't WAIT to read it. life has been tough and busy so good reads are like candy for my mind and soul without the sugar that disagrees with me. thank you.

knittingwoman

August 23 2012, 18:51:03 UTC 4 years ago

replying to my own comment:) I read the story, it was wonderful and so sad:(

seanan_mcguire

4 years ago

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dormouse_in_tea

August 23 2012, 17:56:30 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you, darling. I'm behind in reading Toby still (but not in buying! I can't wait to pick up the new one) so this is d/l and waiting for me.

seanan_mcguire

August 23 2012, 20:47:44 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!
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