After the Dragon

[truepenny]

My story, "After the Dragon," is live at Fantasy Magazine--and also as a podcast, read by Sarah Tolbert.

The story comes, in part, from elisem's sculptural necklace, "After the Dragon, She Learned to Love Her Body," and that is, in part, why it is dedicated to her, although there are so many other reasons I can't even list them.

Comments

[jenett]

That is a stunning story that I intend to go back and appreciate in more depth later.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[ashnistrike.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful. It's a healing story, and I will hold onto it for sharing with people who need it.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[txanne.livejournal.com]

Wow. That had the effect on me that the best Zenna Henderson does: awful things happen, but we don't let them beat us. I wish I'd had this story before my life turned upside down--OTOH that's OK, because I know I'll need it again someday.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

I hope, of course, that you DON'T need it, but I'm glad that, if you do, you know where it is. Thank you.

[elisem.livejournal.com]

(aside: Hey, another Zenna Henderson lover? But of course you are; my only surprise should be that I was surprised.)

And it's a stunningly useful story, for exactly the reason you say. I'm so glad Sarah wrote it.

[txanne.livejournal.com]

And I quote your whole aside back to you!

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

That's so very special. Thank you.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

I hope that's a non-ironic use of the word "special." ;) Thank you!

It is!

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

Another sad case of a tainted word, alas.

"Precious" has horrid connotations of tweeness, and is obviously the wrong word, too.

Finding your story today was like opening a box from my favorite tea company and brewing one of their teas I'd never tried before. I like all of their teas, but each new one that I taste is a journey into possibility. The same thing happens with your writing.

[oursin.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's stunning.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

Wow. You just keep getting better. Wonderful story!

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[megan (from livejournal.com)]

Oh! I remember seeing the first line of this story in one of your memes, and I couldn't wait to read the whole thing. Now I have, and it was lovely.

Also, this is the first time I can remember sharing a name with a character in a short story. Many novels, but not many short stories for some reason. So thank you for the new experience, unintended though it was. :-)

~Megan

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Hee. You're welcome.

I'm glad you liked it.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

So I realize this is 2015, but I figure praise never gets old.

Gosh, this was good. Damage, recovery, and lucent, lucid prose. Thank you.