Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: accomplished
  • Music: Talis Kimberley, "Still Catch the Tide."

But that was long ago, and the past is another country.

We have successfully weathered the release of Chimes at Midnight which means that you deserve a treat. And here it is:

A brand-new story about Tybalt, "Forbid the Sea," has been posted on the Toby Daye short fiction page. It is available in ePub, MOBI, and PDF formats, and is free for download. Please download rather than trying to read locally; my server will thank you.

This story is best read after "Rat-Catcher" if possible, since it is sequentially set ten years after that piece, but should make sense regardless. It is a story about loneliness, and cats, and what it means to love the sea. Nothing good will ever come of it.

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: short fiction, toby daye
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mariadkins

September 20 2013, 16:52:55 UTC 3 years ago

thank you ma'am!

seanan_mcguire

October 4 2013, 17:49:15 UTC 3 years ago

Very welcome!

gwaihiril

September 21 2013, 00:34:37 UTC 3 years ago

Oh, Tybalt. That was lovely, though heartbreaking as I realized what the ending was going to be.

seanan_mcguire

October 5 2013, 18:59:40 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you!

the_darkstar

September 21 2013, 16:13:52 UTC 3 years ago

Oh, thank you for this one!

I do adore selkies and I just love Tybalt - having both in one short story together and then having kind of a relationship together - this is just GREAT!
I actually cannot thank you enough.

Since the day you said on your blog that "in your fairy all characters are bisexual" I wondered if Tybalt also had a male lover in his past. I guess now we know.

But why on earth do all selkie love stories that you write tend to end tragic, please?! ,-(

jenfullmoon

September 21 2013, 23:30:03 UTC 3 years ago

Selkies are particularly cursed compared to everyone else, I suspect, given their shitty family history. Poor sods.

seanan_mcguire

October 5 2013, 19:00:05 UTC 3 years ago

Because torturing Selkies is fun!

celticdragonfly

September 22 2013, 05:09:09 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  September 22 2013, 05:09:33 UTC

So just thought I'd share - there is a new member of the household here, and his name is Tybalt.

vixyish

September 24 2013, 00:56:53 UTC 3 years ago

What a beautiful boy!

seanan_mcguire

October 5 2013, 19:00:15 UTC 3 years ago

He's BEAUTIFUL.

mrs_norris_mous

September 22 2013, 12:10:29 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you.

seanan_mcguire

October 5 2013, 19:00:26 UTC 3 years ago

You are very welcome.

marooux13

September 24 2013, 23:24:45 UTC 3 years ago

It was great, lovely and tragic story Seanan, it was what i needed after read chimes at midnight and having nting new at the moment to read, but this world that you created taught me to "never fall for a selkie because they will drown my heart" thank Seanan ;)

seanan_mcguire

October 5 2013, 19:00:37 UTC 3 years ago

You're welcome!
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