Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • 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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  • 74 comments

hevia

September 19 2013, 15:45:25 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you for the story! Poor Tybalt. I, too, am convinced dating Selkies is bad luck. How is September Torquill related to Sylvester? I don't have my books handy so I can't check to see if it's mentioned. Was she January's mother maybe? Naming Torquill women after months does seem to be a thing. Makes you wonder how October fits in. I'm glad Tybalt's attitude is mostly theatrics though. Otherwise he'd be insufferable. I like him more and more with each new story.

kentuckckykat

September 20 2013, 20:00:31 UTC 3 years ago

sister....January's mom

the_darkstar

September 21 2013, 16:18:25 UTC 3 years ago

"Makes me wonder how October fits in" ...

Exactly my thought!
Amandine must have had a good reason to name her daughter October - and Sylvester is very fond of her, treating her like a daughter.

Wouldn't be surprised that Toby's not a changeling at all - or even if she is, if she's becoming heir of Shadowed Hill anyway.

jenfullmoon

September 21 2013, 23:29:22 UTC 3 years ago

I do recall a post by Seanan saying that October was named after September....so it's reasonable to assume they were at least good friends.

*cough*Maybe even relatives?*cough*

seanan_mcguire

October 4 2013, 17:48:32 UTC 3 years ago

September is Sylvester's older sister. Married Malcolm O'Leary, had one daughter, January.