Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Hack the planet!

Because we're still working our way through the latest tip jar, it's time for some free fiction. Hooray!

Arthur Harrington is having a hell of a time. He's always been among the most sheltered of the current generation, thanks to inheriting more than a few incubus tricks from his father, but not getting the control to keep them from backfiring at random. He used to be okay with that.

Then Sarah got hurt, and he couldn't go to help her.

Now he's climbing the walls in Oregon, looking for a way to make things better, and slamming endlessly into the walls of linear space and missing information. How do you repair a cuckoo's mind when no one understands how it works in the first place?

You can download "IM" now from the InCryptid short fiction page. This story chronologically takes place after Half-Off Ragnarok, and is better read after you've read the book. (Obviously I can't control this, but hey, I can give recommendations.) This is more of a vignette than a full narrative; it's a necessary scene to move things into place, but please don't go in looking for something huge and plot-ty. It won't be there. I'm still really excited about what is there.

This also serves as your discussion post.
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Yay. Thank you. FYI I'm getting an error on the pdf...
If you check the page now, you'll see a big THE PDF IS BROKEN note at the bottom of the story's entry. We're working to fix it.

museclio

3 years ago

dewline

3 years ago

It says something about me that I'm now waiting for the other shoe to drop.
You're not the only one.

seanan_mcguire

3 years ago

Artie! ♥ ♥ ♥
<3
Awwwwwww and big sappy grins for Artie.
He's a good guy.
Thank you! It was great.
Thank you.
That was nice, thank you :)
Very welcome.
Oh, that was adorably sweet! Painfully so, even. Also, it makes a nice treat as part of my personal extended birthday celebrations, which are still ongoing, Thank you again for this.
Very welcome.
That made me happy. :)

Thank you.
Very welcome.
Woot! Thank you!

Also, I've been meaning to ask: I missed the last tip jar, and I'd love to donate. Is there any way that's still possible, or should I just wait for the next tip jar?
You can tip at any time at delirium@xocolatl.com, but if you wait for the next tip jar (which should be October), it goes into the totals that decide how many free stories I can prioritize for the next six months.

calico_reaction

3 years ago

Yay!

More InCryptid is always joyous.
I like it too. :)
Yay.

And, y'know, because he's totally not her first priority.
Her recovery has not been instant, or easy.
I wonder if Sarah is conscious as we know it, or still under and typing all that in with her mind.
Would not surprise me, but willing to wait for whatever the reveal...reveals.

seanan_mcguire

3 years ago

Oh! An InCryptid story is just the reward I needed for surviving Monday. Thank you!
Very welcome.
all my relatives who like boys

I'm mighty fond of the way you phrased that, Mizz McGuire :D

I like this very much and I am looking forward to however you are going to smack me in the feels next.

(Also, the PDF link worked for me as of 11.25 PM Australian Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday 3rd June.)
PDF is all fixed! :)
*sniffles*

Awww, Artie...
He's a good guy.
Awwwwwww, Artie. <3
<3
Thank you VERY much! I appreciate this look into Artie--I find his and Sarah's story intriguing. Off to DL for the Kindle right now.
Yay!
Huh. Huh.

Short and sweet, yes. But.... Seanan, you have trained me to have a suspicious mind.

It occurs to me that we don't actually *know* that it's Sarah on the other end of that IM.
True!
I wonder whether next we're going to get a story from Sarah's point of view, thinking that Artie doesn't really like her...
Why would I do that? She's not insecure like that, and she knows he's her best friend.

vettecat

3 years ago