With "Star of New Mexico," we close the book on Johnny and Fran, and look to the future. It's the end of an era. It's the beginning of something new.
You can download the new story now from the InCryptid short fiction page.
This also serves as your discussion post.
As an author's note, if you want the perfect song to accompany this story, download "Chasing Twisters" (the song, not the EP) by Delta Rae. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Goodbye, Fran. I'll miss you.
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Like other folks have already said, I'm surprised that what really upset me was the mouse. That was when I lost it. I also really loved that I got to see the mice from their point of view, rather than just having them get in the way, or having them as amusing diversions. Their pain makes them more real now.
I love that you're sharing the history of this family. It makes the family and backstory more real and gives me emotional investment in them, too, not just the current generation of books. Thank you so much for writing and sharing.
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That was where I started crying. The whole thing was beautiful and heartbreaking, but the part with the mice was what really hit me.
(And Chasing Twisters really is the perfect song for this. It'll probably be a while before I can listen to it without tearing up again.)
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To be honest, I don't know. And neither will anyone else. That wasn't the important part.
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Thank you
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I am going to have to have a wash and clean up, seeing the computer is hard right now.
Frances and Jonathan's stories have always been my favorites here.
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I sorta felt myself mostly absorbed into the state of shock that it felt like they were in. It felt very familiar to me. The closest I came to crying was during the scenes with Johnathon.
It was very well made and I wish everyone could have as good of a send off as Fran did.
Thanks for this.
Another thing--I really like the little detail with Alice wondering about her mom going after St. Valentine (followed up on from the last story). That, paired with what we've heard about Santa Claus in your books--really makes me wonder about the family's relationship with holiday figures. I like that :)
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ETA: Never mind! I have discovered the joys of downloading via Firefox rather than IE. Works great. Am now joyously reading!
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I don't know whether I'm more worried about Jonathan, or about Alice...
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It says something about your skill that a wife and a mother dies, and we do not weep for her husband or her child but for a devoted mouse who has lost his reason for living.
Do you own stock in kleenex?
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You're awesome. :) Thanks for telling us these stories.
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Great story, Seanan. Thanks so much for delving deeper into this family.
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