P is for pixels, and the stains they leave

To celebrate International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Wretch Day, here is my story "Aconite & Rue", originally published in On Spec in Fall, 2009. It's still one of my favorites. It's set in the same world as "Snake Charmer," which is separate from the Cthulhuverse where most of my other stories live. Some of its influences will be obvious; in addition to those, it's also inspired by elisem's necklace "Wolfbane and Memory."

I hope to return to the faerie world soonishly. I have a book about a blind faerie girl and her changeling sister that would like to be written as soon as it grows a plot.