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First lines. Stories in progress. Y'all know the drill.
Novels
1. The Mirador
So, to begin with, General Mercator was dead.
2. Summerdown
I felt the fear in my sister Isobel's hands.
3. The Emperor of the Elflands (Artist's Challenge: Engineering for Elves)
An urgent voice, a hand shaking roughly at his shoulder. "Maiah! Maiah, wake up!"
4. The Second Son
On the twenty-fourth of April, Medraut dreamed of Loheris again.
[Of all of them (aside from the two with, you know, deadlines), this is probably the story I most want to finish. Steampunk noir, Arthuriana, Pre-Raphaelites, T. S. Eliot, a wombat ... And I know the plot. I have a structure. I just cannot write the fucking thing.]
5. The White Devil
Since I was a little girl, I've always told my father my dreams. Except for one.
6. Schrödinger's Parable of the Cat
The heat in Hylant Station was like nothing Tanasestefeth had ever imagined.
7. The Aftermath of the Glastalvon Rebellion
Cuthbert Swetenham, who had been the ninth Earl of Glastalvon, rose to his feet as the transparent fourth wall of his cell vanished.
Novellas
1. Spider's Rose (Artist's Challenge)
Long ago, in a world none of them can remember, the vampires were taught to dance.
2. The Marriage of True Minds
The greatest danger was that he wanted to trust.
3. Under Babylon (Ghoul Hunters)
Mick Sharpton's howl of outrage--"oh fuck no!"--was clearly audible in the junior agents' office.
4. Thirdhop Scarp (KMB)
It was an open question in the Parrington Museum which of Samuel Mather Parrington's two daughters was more to be feared.
Short Stories
1. "Somewhere Beneath Those Waves Was Her Home" (Artist's Challenge)
The selkie stands at the window, staring out at the sea.
2. "The Bride of Nyarlathotep" (Ghoul Hunters)
It was any BPI agent's least favorite job.
3. Untitled (Ghoul Hunters)
The Renault case refused to break.
4. Untitled (Ghoul Hunters)
The man standing in front of the mausoleum was checking for ghoul tracks.
5. "To Die for Moonlight" (KMB)
I cut off her head before I buried her.
6. "The Constancy of Angels"
Nephis cannot remember Heaven.
7. "The Hostage Crisis on the Derelict Mistral Freighter D35-692N-C, Queen of Liverpool"
My father's funeral was held this morning, broadcast live--a morbid irony--on twenty channels, relayed off-planet by telecommunications satellites he had owned.
Novels
1. The Mirador
So, to begin with, General Mercator was dead.
2. Summerdown
I felt the fear in my sister Isobel's hands.
3. The Emperor of the Elflands (Artist's Challenge: Engineering for Elves)
An urgent voice, a hand shaking roughly at his shoulder. "Maiah! Maiah, wake up!"
4. The Second Son
On the twenty-fourth of April, Medraut dreamed of Loheris again.
[Of all of them (aside from the two with, you know, deadlines), this is probably the story I most want to finish. Steampunk noir, Arthuriana, Pre-Raphaelites, T. S. Eliot, a wombat ... And I know the plot. I have a structure. I just cannot write the fucking thing.]
5. The White Devil
Since I was a little girl, I've always told my father my dreams. Except for one.
6. Schrödinger's Parable of the Cat
The heat in Hylant Station was like nothing Tanasestefeth had ever imagined.
7. The Aftermath of the Glastalvon Rebellion
Cuthbert Swetenham, who had been the ninth Earl of Glastalvon, rose to his feet as the transparent fourth wall of his cell vanished.
Novellas
1. Spider's Rose (Artist's Challenge)
Long ago, in a world none of them can remember, the vampires were taught to dance.
2. The Marriage of True Minds
The greatest danger was that he wanted to trust.
3. Under Babylon (Ghoul Hunters)
Mick Sharpton's howl of outrage--"oh fuck no!"--was clearly audible in the junior agents' office.
4. Thirdhop Scarp (KMB)
It was an open question in the Parrington Museum which of Samuel Mather Parrington's two daughters was more to be feared.
Short Stories
1. "Somewhere Beneath Those Waves Was Her Home" (Artist's Challenge)
The selkie stands at the window, staring out at the sea.
2. "The Bride of Nyarlathotep" (Ghoul Hunters)
It was any BPI agent's least favorite job.
3. Untitled (Ghoul Hunters)
The Renault case refused to break.
4. Untitled (Ghoul Hunters)
The man standing in front of the mausoleum was checking for ghoul tracks.
5. "To Die for Moonlight" (KMB)
I cut off her head before I buried her.
6. "The Constancy of Angels"
Nephis cannot remember Heaven.
7. "The Hostage Crisis on the Derelict Mistral Freighter D35-692N-C, Queen of Liverpool"
My father's funeral was held this morning, broadcast live--a morbid irony--on twenty channels, relayed off-planet by telecommunications satellites he had owned.