And you read all your letters from oceans away, then you took them to the bottom of the sea

[sovay]

Rabbit, rabbit.

My poem "In Conclusion" has been nominated for the 2015 Dwarf Stars Award.

Last night I dreamed of reading a very short story with pen-and-ink illustrations in sand-gold and sea-green; it was an excerpt from a larger graphic novel about mermaids the size of reefs and atolls. Spells were ordinary words spoken backward. I knew even in the dream that I'd seen that conceit first in the work of Patricia McKillip, especially The Book of Atrix Wolfe (1995), but I liked the line "All magic is written in a mirror."

Happy birthday, gaudior!

Comments

[yhlee]

Congrats!

[sovay]

Congrats!

Thank you!

[gwynnega]

Congratulations on the nomination!

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

congrats on the nomination for your poem.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Oooh, mermaids that size would have barnacles and anemones growing on them, and have trains of fish following them around.

congrats on the nomination!

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

That's excellent news!

I definitely agree that mermaids that size would have a fascinating existence, replete with the barnacles from the comment below.

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

Well done! I'd love to have read that story...

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Backwards-spoken spells date back at least to the comic that Superman first appeared in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zatara

[sovay]

Congratulations on the nomination!

Thank you! It was a surprise and I'm happy about it.

[sovay]

congrats on the nomination for your poem.

Thank you!

[sovay]

Oooh, mermaids that size would have barnacles and anemones growing on them, and have trains of fish following them around.

I think you're right, and can I ask you to draw it?

congrats on the nomination!

Thank you!

[sovay]

Well done!

Thank you!

I'd love to have read that story...

If it comes into existence, I'll let you know!

(I think I owe a piece about trees first . . .)

[sovay]

Backwards-spoken spells date back at least to the comic that Superman first appeared in

I have no doubt! I just read The Book of Atrix Wolfe at least five years before I encountered Zatara and Zatanna in Neil Gaiman's The Books of Magic (1993), so McKillip is my first association with the technique.

[sovay]

That's excellent news!

Thank you!

I definitely agree that mermaids that size would have a fascinating existence, replete with the barnacles from the comment below.

I really wish I could draw.

coral reef mermaid

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

can I ask you to draw it?

--gladly!

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

That's lovely!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I wish I had gold and green ink...

Re: coral reef mermaid

[sovay]

coral reef mermaid

That's wonderful!

Re: coral reef mermaid

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like it! I appreciate your subconscious for offering up such wonderful (last night, at least) dreams!

Re: coral reef mermaid

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Ooh, gorgeous!

Nine

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Eerie and succinct.

Nine

Re: coral reef mermaid

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[sovay]

Congratulations! Eerie and succinct.

Thank you.

Re: coral reef mermaid

[spatch]

This is fantastic.

Re: coral reef mermaid

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

So glad you like it--I had fun drawing it. Sovay's dreams are a good source of drawing inspiration.

Re: coral reef mermaid

[sovay]

I appreciate your subconscious for offering up such wonderful (last night, at least) dreams!

I wish I could just do something with them!

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the nomination. And it's so good to read your work again. I go to your words to inspire my own writing. Thank you.

[sovay]

Congratulations on the nomination.

Thank you!

I go to your words to inspire my own writing. Thank you.

I am very honored. Thank you for reading!