Calling all magpies!

elisem is having a sale!. Go forth and buy discounted shinies, and write stories about them!

An epistolary interlude

Dear Subconscious:

I do not need anxiety dreams, thank you. I know when my deadline is.

Noloff,

Me

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Dear Bats Who Live Near The Bookstore:

Please don't die on our sidewalk. You are too adorable, and they won't let me stop and hold proper burial services in the middle of a workday.

Love,

Me

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Dear Book:

WHY AREN'T YOU DONE ALREADY??!!! Interrobang!

Noloff,

Me

Tell me a story...

I need a costume to be worn at the solstice masque in Bone Palace, and I need a story to go with it. The costume itself consists mainly of a red gown with a veil. (I know, I know, this is just like the Mara costume in Kushiel's Chosen--I'm going to pretend it's homage.) The veil is important because three different women will be wearing it in a shell game to catch an assassin. And, yanno, veils and masks are a leit motif in this whole series.

So, tell me a story about a veiled woman in red that could become the sort of myth that engenders Halloween costumes. My favorite story wins an ARC of Bone Palace, whenever those happen. And, of course, my eternal gratitude.