Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Music: Gary Jules, "Mad World."

Time for class: "The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell" available now!

The Rising only lasted for three years. The repercussions will last forever. For Elaine Oldenburg, those repercussions are about to change everything.

"The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell" is available now from most ebook outlets. This Newsflesh-universe story fills in a piece of the past that has previously been left hidden, for good reason. Join Elaine as she tries to get her students out of an outbreak alive, and without casualties. (Try not to read the blurb on the landing page, as it's way spoilery.)

She's not going to save them all.

I'm really excited about this one. It's a story I've wanted to tell for quite some time, and it pulls no punches, which is always nice for me, since I fancy myself a horror author. Better yet, it will prepare you for what's to come. (It will also help feed my cats. As always, a major concern.)

This will also serve as your discussion post.

Zombies!
Tags: mira grant, short fiction
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groblek

July 16 2014, 19:57:43 UTC 2 years ago

I'll read through this thread when I finish the story, and probably comment again, but I couldn't resist. I needed something to wash out the mental taste of a series that just disappointed me, and by page 8 on my iPad, you've got me so busy shivering from the horrors of the Rising that the other book's echoes are long gone. You're serious about pulling no punches, that's for sure. What did it for me was the sixth paragraph of the main body, with the matter-of-fact discussion of the consequences of a quickly contained amplification and the school nurse's duty to administer lethal injections to the infected students. The consequences of the Rising are more brutal than I'd managed to think through reading Newsflesh.

So, well done, and I'm going to enjoy this one, then hug Josh close and have nightmares for a long while.

seanan_mcguire

November 13 2014, 20:10:19 UTC 2 years ago

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