Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: Katie Graybeal, "Space in the Air."

A treat for Toby fans is coming!

So hey, remember how at the end of Chimes at Midnight, Quentin was all "now you get to meet my parents," and Toby was all "OH FUCK NO," and then we got The Winter Long, but we never got to see the meeting?

We're going to get to see the meeting.

"Full of Briars" is a novelette set between Chimes at Midnight and The Winter Long, narrated by Quentin as he faces that most terrifying moment in a young squire's life: the meeting between his parents and his knight. With bonus "how Quentin sees Tybalt" and "how Quentin and Raj interact when Toby isn't around" (hint: they're glorious shits to one another).

"Full of Briars" will have a price point of $1.99 USD/$2.59 CD, and be released in August 2016, a month before the next October Daye book comes out. The cover art is being done by Tara O'Shea, who does the short story covers for my website. (Right now, it is only available in the US and Canada, because of regional rights issues. I have faith in all y'all's ability to get around that without resorting to illegal downloads. Since wow do I want DAW to let me do more of these.)

Quentin!

Glee.
Tags: good things, publishing news, short fiction, toby daye
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blueraccoon

December 12 2015, 00:39:58 UTC 1 year ago

So I sent this news to my girlfriend, who has a Thing for Quentin and Raj, and this was her response:

HELLS YES. WANT. NEED.
August? Ugh.

seanan_mcguire

December 12 2015, 19:03:21 UTC 1 year ago

August, because not everything can happen at the same time, I would die.

blueraccoon

December 12 2015, 19:22:27 UTC 1 year ago

Let's try to avoid dying!

Just as a note--I started the Toby books back when the first one came out, and for some reason they didn't quite work for me. The quality of the writing is really good, but it just didn't click. But I passed them onto my girlfriend, who fell in love, and has been trying to get me to reread for a while.

So I downloaded the first one to my Kindle app a few months ago, and...this time it clicked and I read my way through nine books in about four days. (I read quickly.) I'm not sure what changed, but I'm glad it did.