The Latest by Marie Brennan
News and Site Updates
My fairy-tale story “Two for the Path” is out now in the anthology Shattering the Glass Slipper!
The story that took me over sixteen years to write — “Fate, Hope, Friendship, Foe” — is now live at Uncanny Magazine!
And another flash story! You can now read “The Me of Perfect Sight” at NewMyths.
From the Journal
New Worlds: Runaways and Rebellions
I originally thought the New Worlds Patreon would get through the topic of slavery in one month. Since I was very wrong about that, for August we’re returning to that subject, starting with runaway and rebellious slaves. Comment over there!
Not quite tall enough to ride this ride
How many of you have That Idea — a story, or piece of art, or music, or whatever — that you know you’re not quite good enough to pull off yet? Last night I finally said to someone outside my skull that I have one of those. The earliest roots of it, I realized, go […]
New Worlds Theory Post: Principles of Magic
For its sixth year, the New Worlds Patreon is devoting its theory essays to the question of how to design a magic system — starting with calling into question that entire notion of a “system” to begin with. This time around, we look at some of the underlying principles that govern real-world ideas of magic; […]
