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Some Ottersgate Stories
14 years ago
Folks who have been around a while:
Might remember this book of mine called The Blood Jaguar that Tor published a baker's dozen years ago. There'll be more news about that next year if all goes well, but for right now, how 'bout some short stories set in that same talking animal world?
Specifically, A Curial Quartet, four stories about the Twelve Curials, the pantheon of deities who watch over Ottersgate and environs. Four stories and Twelve Curials, a little math will tell you, means each story focuses on a different group of three, and each story also features an appearance by the Thirteenth of the Twelve, the Blood Jaguar herself.
Three of the stories were published previously--one on Watts Martin's old Claw & Quill website, one in the first volume of Sofawolf's New Fables anthology, and one in issue five of Black Gate magazine--but the fourth is entirely original to this collection. And the whole set's available for one thin dollar over in Amazon's Kindle store: A Curial Quartet for your dining and dancing pleasure.
Mike
Might remember this book of mine called The Blood Jaguar that Tor published a baker's dozen years ago. There'll be more news about that next year if all goes well, but for right now, how 'bout some short stories set in that same talking animal world?
Specifically, A Curial Quartet, four stories about the Twelve Curials, the pantheon of deities who watch over Ottersgate and environs. Four stories and Twelve Curials, a little math will tell you, means each story focuses on a different group of three, and each story also features an appearance by the Thirteenth of the Twelve, the Blood Jaguar herself.
Three of the stories were published previously--one on Watts Martin's old Claw & Quill website, one in the first volume of Sofawolf's New Fables anthology, and one in issue five of Black Gate magazine--but the fourth is entirely original to this collection. And the whole set's available for one thin dollar over in Amazon's Kindle store: A Curial Quartet for your dining and dancing pleasure.
Mike
Also, I am an idiot. Until I saw your bio on the FWG page today, I guess I must have never viewed your profile here, because I had no idea you were who you were -- you know, real-name-wise. *headdesk* *waves sheepishly* Hi. I like your stuff. XD I need to catch up with your Thursday Prompt stuff sometime, as what little I've skimmed here and there has been interesting.
(Interestingly, that issue of Black Gate is the only one I own, when I saw it randomly in a bookstore years ago -- needless to say, it was the cover art that caught my eye.)
When I first started posting "My Little Pony" fanfiction here back in February, I was doing my best to keep my real name out of it. But when I finished my 60,000 Pony novel in July, I found I liked it to much to metaphorically disown it.
By then, too, the thousand word chunks I was doing for your Prompt--and thanks for that, by the way; it's been great fun--they were starting to coalesce into an actual story, so I put my real name up where all had been base fabrication before. :)
Internet anonimity: who needs it??
Mike
Internet anonimity: who needs it??
Not me. ;) I've had a real name up since day one -- despite various people warning directly or indirectly that being associated with this site or the fandom will kill any chances of a professional writing career. (Whatever a 'professional writing career' even is, these days.)