I heard the grey wolf sing her serenade at night

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[reposted from last night, on account of Livejournal being totally borked]

My epic collaboration with Mike Allen and Nicole Kornher-Stace, "The King of Cats, the Queen of Wolves," is now online at Apex Magazine. Interview conducted by Francesca Forrest here, outtakes here. I keep forgetting I actually wrote a sestina for this poem.

I dreamed last night about following a shadowy sort of cult, the kind that draws circles on bare apartment floors and chooses sacrifices from among themselves, but I also dreamed about day planners and waiting at bus stops in nicotine-lit nighttime rain, talking to janitors in off-season university stairwells, so it was clearly one of those lifestyles that is much less romantic in person.

I am so tired. It would be nice if my brain would come back.

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[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Now if only people will realize LJ is up again.

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Now if only people will realize LJ is up again.

For that, I'm not holding my breath . . .

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I have at least seen that things are back to normal.

Congratulations on your major publication! By the by, your book finally arrived from Amazon. :)

Also, Dave Carter is love.

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Congratulations on your major publication! By the by, your book finally arrived from Amazon.

Thank you! I hope you enjoy it.

Also, Dave Carter is love.

Yes. I discovered him and Tracy Grammer with Drum Hat Buddha, meaning next thing I knew he'd died, but that hasn't stopped me listening to their music.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I met Dave about two years before he died. He was as gracious and lovely as you would expect. I've met Tracy a few times since then, and she's lovely and mellow. I sang with her a few times in campfire settings and she's very warm and welcoming.

My friends, filker0 and spiritdance introduced the filk community to their music starting with Kate and the Ghost of Lost Love and When I Go.

I frequently cover Lancelot with batyatoon and we've been known to do other songs too. I love his poetry and his rhymes. He's been a big influence on many of us, particularly seanan_mcguire who's very fond of his Preston Miller.

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He's been a big influence on many of us, particularly seanan_mcguire who's very fond of his Preston Miller.

cucumberseed wrote "Blue Vervain Murder Ballad #2: Jack of Diamonds" as what-happened-next for "Cat-Eye Willie Claims His Lover." I refer to it as the second-best murder ballad that Trad. never wrote—the best, of course, being the song itself.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I've always theorized that the protagonist of Crocodile Man is the son from Cat-Eye Willie but never actually thought to ask.

I <3 murder ballads, so I'm going to go read cucumberseed's work. :)

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I've always theorized that the protagonist of Crocodile Man is the son from Cat-Eye Willie but never actually thought to ask.

I think they belong to different times, but definitely the same pack of archetype.

I <3 murder ballads, so I'm going to go read cucumberseed's work.

It was also reprinted in Rich Horton's The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

It was also reprinted in Rich Horton's The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009.

I have actually added just that book to my Amazon wishlist for that reason. :)

I think they belong to different times, but definitely the same pack of archetype.

There was in fact a time travel theory associated with this idea.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I figure it's the least I can do to support other Dave Carter fans who see the potential for stories in his songs, as I do. :)

[mrbelm.livejournal.com]

Two sestinas! Very nicely done.

Also, excellent musical choice. Have you heard "To Cut is to Cure"?

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Two sestinas! Very nicely done.

Well, keep in mind one of them might not be mine . . .

Have you heard "To Cut is to Cure"?

No; I have The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast (2006) and its companion EP For Alan Turing, and Full on Night (2000) with Rachel's, but that's it for Matmos.

[time-shark.livejournal.com]

They do blend together well.

[mrbelm.livejournal.com]

Then which one is yours?

If you have a Dropbox, I can hook you up with more Matmos. You need more Matmos in your life.

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Then which one is yours?

That would be telling.

If you have a Dropbox, I can hook you up with more Matmos. You need more Matmos in your life.

Alas, I have no Dropbox. But I agree with the rest of that statement.

[mrbelm.livejournal.com]

According to Dropbox (dropbox.com) you do have an account.

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According to Dropbox (dropbox.com) you do have an account.

If so, then it is something I set up years ago and never used; I'm not going to start now. I take CDs, though.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Bravi!

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Bravi!

My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you!

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Phew! I just read the interview (before reading the poem). This is an incredible undertaking. I loved hearing the thought process behind the poem's creation and unfolding and how you all worked with and off each other. With this background, tonight, I'm going to find a cup of tea and a quiet place and read what, after all these years, you produced.

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With this background, tonight, I'm going to find a cup of tea and a quiet place and read what, after all these years, you produced.

I very much hope you enjoy it.

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Amazing. The collaboration worked beautifully; I love the shifts and progressions and the repetition of images at times. Gorgeous images that make me taste everything, through my eyes and skin as well, and in that deep place that knows what gnaws and rumbles through us all.

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

*surfaces*
See. You CAN write a sestina and have it be rich and worthwhile.

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You CAN write a sestina and have it be rich and worthwhile.

I will keep this in mind on future occasions!

*pets quickly before submersion*