Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: sad
  • Music: Hypnogaja, "Here Comes the Rain Again."

But my mama's gone, like the prarie dawn, and the Lord of the Buffalo.

It's time for some free fiction, and for the last story of the Johnny and Fran era. The year is 1945. Frances Healy, born Frances Brown, is gone, and the time has come, however little we might want it, to say goodbye to a friend.

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.
Tags: giving stuff away, incryptid, short fiction
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  • 62 comments

darkladynyara

June 6 2015, 03:11:35 UTC 2 years ago

No others would ever know Her glory, or be held, transfixed, in the cathedral chamber of Her palm.

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.)

seanan_mcguire

June 6 2015, 15:59:10 UTC 2 years ago

For the mice, their gods are the world.

Deb Anderson

June 13 2015, 07:45:36 UTC 2 years ago

That sentence is so achingly beautiful. You are so talented.