Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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New InCryptid short, to make a better Monday! "Loch and Key."

Thanks to the efforts of my covers-and-conversion squad (Tara and Will), I have a new InCryptid short available on my website.

It's been two years since "The First Fall," and the Healy family is putting itself back together one day at a time. Alexander and Enid are getting ready for their annual trip to White Otter Lake, and it seems like a good opportunity for the family to do some bonding away from the house. Also, they figure Fran would like to meet the denizens of the lake, and it's a certainty that they'd like to meet her. Poachers and plesiosaurs abound as this latest adventure gets underway.

You can download "Loch and Key," and earlier free stories, here:

http://seananmcguire.com/icshorts.php

Please download and read locally, for the sake of my server.

You can learn more about the residents of White Otter Lake in the Field Guide, which exists for just this reason.

This post will serve as the discussion post, if anyone wants to talk about the story once they're done. Thanks again to everyone for reading. This is the third story prioritized on my word count list by the recent tip jar, with one more to go!
Tags: incryptid, short fiction
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Yay!
Very shiney way to start a week! Thank you!
Welcome.
Genuinely delightful and a welcome start to my week.

Fran is really a brilliant little terror.
She is.

I'm going to miss her.
Thank you. Working early today, and that means getting up early, so really, this was going to be a horrible Monday. Instead, I have a Incryptid story to look forward to on the train home. That is of the awesome.

Oh, yay. I'm so pleased to have helped.
I am finally working my way through these shorts (why haven't I before now? I have no good answer) and I'm thrilled to see another one. Thank you! :)
Very welcome!
Sorry to bother but what do you mean by: "Please download and read locally, for the sake of my server" ?
Because of the technical limitations of my website, you could potentially just click the file and open it, at least with the PDFs. This hammers my site much, much harder than actively downloading, which gets you off the site and frees up more bandwidth for the next person. So please download the stories and read them locally, IE, on your computer, rather than while they are still in my virtual space.
ZOMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.
YAYZ.
"While it's always good for a mother's heart to hear her child sounding so bloodthirsty...."

'Nuff said :)
Hee.
Thank You, Beloved Seanan!
Very welcome!
Thank you, kind Seanan.
Very welcome.
Awwwww... this made my Monday. Thank you, Seanan!
So welcome!
YAAAY!!! Thank you, Seanan!
You're welcome. :)
Cuuute!! Thanks for this.
Welcome.
What a wonderful new glimpse into the IC universe! It's nice to see that the Healys are healing (however long that may last... I know you). I love Fran's sass, as usual, and the reminder that family is what you make it.
Aw, yay. :)
While I love your emotionally-affecting work, it was a nice break to read a Seanan short story that didn't have me bawling my eyes out on public transportation.
Hee.
I am in the middle of a crazy busy week and a crazy weird and busy time personally, and I swallowed this whole waiting for a cousin to get out of surgery this morning (preplanned, minor, but still, this week!) and it was delightful and just what I needed right now, and thank you.

["Why didn't you get here sooner?" or however exactly it was put had me cracking up in the waiting room.]
You are so welcome.
Yay for crotchety old men who love monsters! Wondering whether he'll leave the property to the Healys, or the gorgons...
It's a good question...
Yay! Thank you very much for writing and sharing these!
You are welcome!
Hooray for more Healy stories!
Hooray!
Mmmm... Yummy. Thank you :)
Very welcome.