Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: accomplished
  • Music: OVFF, "River Lies."

Sometimes the mice sing...bad songs.

It's time for some free fiction, and for checking in on Verity and Dominic as they continue their trip from New York to Oregon, with plenty of stops along the way. They've weathered their time at the Carmichael Hotel with no fatalities. So where to next?

Why, back to Buckley Township, Michigan.

No tour of the history of the American Price family would be complete without a stop in Buckley. That's where Enid and Alexander settled down; where Jonathan brought home the Fabulous Fran, Star of New Mexico; where Alice Healy met Thomas Price. That's where it began.

It isn't where it ended.

You can download the new story now from the InCryptid short fiction page. Please download and save to read locally, rather than trying to read on my poor server.

This also serves as your discussion post.
Tags: cheese and cake, giving stuff away, incryptid, short fiction
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lazzchan

February 19 2016, 02:35:32 UTC 1 year ago

Well, that was a nice bit of timing, going to LJ and then seeing this. I am rather speechless, actually-- I had hoped, but didn't expect them to go to Buckley, since there was a mention of the home being infested with black mold and something about a hell pit because of Grandpa Tom's ... literary thirst. Oh, what a visit and Dominic high as a kite on pollen was fabulous. This was also a very somber piece; the tone of it--the scenery and the bittersweet sadness of all of what was.

Thinking on Alice finding the place the first time and what it's become is also very tragic. Bravo, Seanan-- this one pulls the heartstrings just the right amount so that the blood barely shows.

jenfullmoon

February 19 2016, 22:38:00 UTC 1 year ago

What with the allusions to the first Alice short story, I was wondering if she was going to show up in this one.