Evil Pumpkins, and Fairytales
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jl_merrowI have an evil pumpkin…
The husband and the daughter brought it home at the weekend from Ye Olde Pumpkyn Fayre. It is easily the largest pumpkin I’ve ever seen close up, although possibly my life has been somewhat sheltered, curcurbita-wise.
It looks (excuse pun) a bit squashed and although not yet carved, it still manages to give the impression that it is glaring at me across the room. Biding its time until the 31st when it will wreak its awful orange vengeance. Am reminded of the Buffy episode with the zombie-raising tribal mask: “It’s angry at the room. It wants the room to suffer.”
Expect the dead to start walking around Hertfordshire any day now…
In other news: Bedknobs and Beanstalks is out today!
Featuring my story “The King’s Honor”, an m/m retelling of The Twelve DancingHussiesPrincesses, plus the following:
The husband and the daughter brought it home at the weekend from Ye Olde Pumpkyn Fayre. It is easily the largest pumpkin I’ve ever seen close up, although possibly my life has been somewhat sheltered, curcurbita-wise.
It looks (excuse pun) a bit squashed and although not yet carved, it still manages to give the impression that it is glaring at me across the room. Biding its time until the 31st when it will wreak its awful orange vengeance. Am reminded of the Buffy episode with the zombie-raising tribal mask: “It’s angry at the room. It wants the room to suffer.”
Expect the dead to start walking around Hertfordshire any day now…
In other news: Bedknobs and Beanstalks is out today!
Featuring my story “The King’s Honor”, an m/m retelling of The Twelve Dancing
Jack and the Peenstalk by Clancy Nacht
The Rebelliously Single Prince by Lenore Black (Wrote the fantastic Fun and Games in Sindustry Vol. 1, remember? *g*)
Cry Wolf by Mercy Loomis (for her sins, also appearing with me in the Torquere Scared Stiff Taste Test due out tomorrow)
Kintaro by S.J. Frost
Ashes and Crystal by Jason Rubis
Handsome and Grateful by Kilt Kilpatrick
Swan Made by Mina Kelly
The Merman’s Tail by Jay Di Meo
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Date: 2009-10-20 01:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-20 01:41 pm (UTC)My version follows the original fairly closely, but addresses my quibble! :D
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Date: 2009-10-20 08:02 pm (UTC)And thanks so much for looking at the story! Can't wait to hear your comments. :D
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Date: 2009-10-21 01:29 pm (UTC)Also, m/m fairytales? Sounds amazing and worth checking out *shifty eyes* :D
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Date: 2009-10-21 02:52 pm (UTC)Hope you enjoy the fairytales! I've posted an excerpt from mine here