Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: chipper
  • Music: Indigo Girls, "Cedar Tree."

Love is a vicious, pointy, many-splendored thing.

We have successfully weathered both the release of The Winter Long and the start of a new year, complete with my birthday, which means that you deserve a treat. And here it is:

A brand-new story about Tybalt, Toby, and their first real date. "No Sooner Met," 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 Ashes of Honor if possible, since it is set very shortly after that book, and contains unavoidable spoilers for the series up to that point. It is a story about falling in love, and cats, and how to get a really good steak in San Francisco. It is narrated by Tybalt, because he's the romantic in this relationship.

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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  • 86 comments

wildpear

January 7 2015, 21:26:45 UTC 2 years ago

“I don’t care that much about your intentions. I care about your results.”

Quentin, I love you. <3

This was gorgeous, I loved the interplay between the things Tybalt thinks and the things he says. Thank you for an awesome story! Also for this:

“The meal was delightful. Your sommelier should be congratulated for the wine
selections. The dessert was poisoned. Would you care to comment?”

Because what's an assassination attempt without a snarky rejoinder?

seanan_mcguire

January 8 2015, 16:36:42 UTC 2 years ago

Mind you, if someone (Toby) had actually been hurt, snark would have been quickly replaced with violence...

wildpear

January 8 2015, 16:43:38 UTC 2 years ago

Well . . . naturally ;)

Really that assassin was lucky Toby has such a good nose for magic! Possibly the chef as well, if Kitty had decided 'rip out throat first, ask questions later' was the appropriate response!