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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geekhyena

June 5 2015, 20:43:36 UTC 2 years ago

When I read this, my heart and lungs hitched up in my chest, and everything went tight. I cried. You are the only author who has ever been able to cause that kind of physical effect in me - others can cause joy, or suspense, or aggravation....and you do, too, but you're the only one who can make my body go to pieces like that. This was fantastic. You are fantastic. And I am really glad I waited till after my weekly lab meeting to read it, because I would've been a wreck otherwise. Thank you.

seanan_mcguire

June 6 2015, 15:53:19 UTC 2 years ago

<3