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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seanan_mcguire

August 24 2012, 16:56:27 UTC 4 years ago

I understand why Liz made the choice she did; even the Luidaeg does. But that doesn't mean she could love a Selkie.

jenfullmoon

August 24 2012, 17:14:29 UTC 4 years ago

Oh, so the difference enough for her was full blown selkie vs. selkie-kin? Okay then. I guess I figured if she could deal with selkie-kin at all it was kind of the same thing.

seanan_mcguire

August 24 2012, 17:18:29 UTC 4 years ago

The Luidaeg, more than anyone else, hates to make you suffer for the sins of your parents. But once you have heard "this is a dead baby's skin, this is the sea-witch's dead baby"...even if she doesn't hate you, how can she love you?

jenfullmoon

August 24 2012, 17:27:39 UTC 4 years ago

I suppose. But since the choice at that point is "accept this or die," well...limited options.