They lined up next to my chair almost exactly as they had last summer, my two golden girls, and once again they presented me with a perfect portrait. Was this God’s way of reminding me to do a little shameless self-promotion?
Last fall, partly as a way to keep me from engaging myself in the toxic presidential campaign, I began writing a chapter-a-day story that opens with Dejah and Summer suddenly gaining voices. It became a fantasy about interdimensional portals, magical beings both good and evil, and of course an existential threat to our world. (Existential threats were in fashion last fall, after all.)
The result was this charming short novel, Dejah & Summer in the Time of Magic, which I have subtitled “A Halloween Fantasy” because, well, it’s a fantasy about the Halloween season. Sometimes my creativity is astonishing, don’t you think?
Most people don’t give gifts at Halloween, but if you are so inclined, this would be a perfect Halloween gift for your favorite reading loved one. Just sayin’.
Or was the perfect portrait God’s way of saying it’s time to write a sequel?
