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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notalwaysweak

September 19 2013, 14:11:56 UTC 3 years ago

If I emailed you proof of purchase of 'Rat-Catcher', as I bought it yesterday, would you have a PDF version of it so I can read it rightnowrightnowrightnow and then read 'Forbid the Sea' without waiting three weeks for shipping of the anthology 'Rat-Catcher' is in? Or would that be a pain in the arse?

mackknopf

September 20 2013, 06:04:55 UTC 3 years ago

Dear Notalwaysweak,

I think I can answer this one for you, based on memory of a post here and my working knowledge of contract law. Seanan has said before on this journal that she does not currently possess the electronic rights to redistribute "Rat-Catcher. She sold the physical print rights and other rights when the story was bought for _A Fantasy Medley 2_. The contract usually gives first electronic publication, but not always, depending on the negotiated contract. The publishers of that anthology own these rights.

Therefore, she cannot just decide to put up PDFs on her own accord; she would need new, negotiated permissions which are not forthcoming right now. Releasing PDFs like that would be (I assume) a breach of contract, with resulting liability, ill will, and potential for damages. If this status changes, she will let us know. It's also unlikely that she will go into more detail about her publishing contracts; it's really none of our business.

Sorry this was wordy -- I am paraphrasing from memory of her post, . You could probably find the exact words by doing a search of the LJ, if she has that enabled. Also, I practice plaintiff and disability law, not contract law, so my contract knowledge doesn't usually get much of a workout. Jane Friedman, editor, has a blog where you can find more info on how publishing contracts work, if you're interested.

http://janefriedman.com/

Gemma Mason

September 21 2013, 10:45:26 UTC 3 years ago

I feel for you. There's a copy of the anthology in one of my local libraries, but I don't know when I'll be able to have my turn with it. I mostly just satisfied myself with clicking the Amazon button to ask for a kindle edition, sighing a little, and then going and reading the new story anyway because I have no impulse control where good stories are concerned.