urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2016-01-05T18:12:12Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:660099 2016-01-05T18:12:12Z 2016-01-05T18:12:12Z Kate Alexa, "Feel It Too." We have successfully weathered both the release of <i>A Red-Rose Chain</i> and the start of a new year, complete with my birthday (it's my birthday!), which means you deserve a treat. And here it is:<br /><br />A brand-new story about Patrick and Dianda's first meeting! "Heaps of Pearl" <a href="http://www.seananmcguire.com/tobyshorts.php">has been posted on the Toby Daye short fiction page</a>. It is available in ePub, MOBI, and PDF formats, and is free for download. <i>Please</i> download rather than trying to read locally; my server will thank you. (It's at the bottom of the page; scroll down.)<br /><br />This story is best read after <i>The Winter Long</i> if possible, as it contains relationship spoilers through that point in the series. It is a story about meetings, and mermaids, and the terrible strain of living up to expectations. It is narrated by Patrick, because he's less likely to punch people for funsies.<br /><br />Cover graphics are by Tara O'Shea. All short story electronic conversion thus far has been done by <span class="ljuser i-ljuser i-ljuser-deleted i-ljuser-type-P " data-ljuser="scifantasy" lj:user="scifantasy" ><a href="http://scifantasy.livejournal.com/profile" target="_self" class="i-ljuser-profile" ><img class="i-ljuser-userhead" src="http://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.svg?v=17080?v=158.1" /></a><a href="http://scifantasy.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username" target="_self" ><b>scifantasy</b></a></span>. As both of them are awesome, we applaud them now.<br /><br />Go forth, read, and please feel free to use this as a discussion post, which means there may be spoilers in the comments. Tread carefully.<br /><br />Enjoy.