We come from the mountains, rain in our hair

[sovay]

My flash story "Skerry-Bride" is now online at Devilfish Review. It was written in November 2013, right after I had first heard Moss of Moonlight's Winterwheel (2013) and right before I saw Thor: The Dark World (2013); I had jötnar on the brain. The story marks my second successful engagement with Norse myth in fiction, after "A Wolf in Iceland Is the Child of a Lie." Considering the Fimbulvetr 2.0 currently trying to take place in Boston, I find its timing rather appropriate.

In other writing news, Aqueduct Press' page for Ghost Signs now includes reviews, and Rich Horton thinks "The Boatman's Cure" is worth nominating for a Hugo.

I should probably go outside and shovel something. The Cape has more snow, but this is not small change.

Comments

[gwynnega]

I like "Skerry-Bride" very much.

I agree with Rich Horton about "The Boatman's Cure"!

[sovay]

I like "Skerry-Bride" very much.

It had a difficult journey to print, but I am very happy with its current home. It has a kraken banner!

I agree with Rich Horton about "The Boatman's Cure"!

Thank you! (I think it would be really nice.)

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

My God. That is as gorgeous as hell. Thank you. And "The Boatman's Cure" richly deserves that nomination.

[sovay]

My God. That is as gorgeous as hell. Thank you.

Thank you!

And "The Boatman's Cure" richly deserves that nomination.

I would love to see it make the ballot. I figure it is unlikely—it's not readily available, I have no idea how widely read it is, and I don't think it's the sort of story that people tend to vote for a Hugo—but it would make me happy.