October daye short stories

Currently, the stories on this page appear in order of publication. Specifically, im starting up my approximately annual reread of the october day series by seanan mcguire. Through this house is a cute little october daye short that takes place almost immediately after the action of late eclipses. Never shines the sun a luidaeg story by seanan mcguire. Mcdonald, sam twitter thread with links to free poetry, nonfiction. Her novella every heart a doorway received the 2016 nebula award for best novella, the 2017 hugo award for best novella, and the 2017 locus award for best novella. Aug 05, 2019 the october daye books follow the adventures of october toby daye as she tries to find her footing in a world that seems a little more interested in killing her than shed like. The first year was won by lois mcmaster bujolds vorkosigan saga, begun in 1986 and consisting of over 20 novels and short stories. The winter long october daye book 8 kindle edition by. Sep 03, 2018 in the aftermath of amandines latest betrayal, october toby daye s fragile selfmade family is on the verge of coming apart at the seams. Her october daye series has made her a new york times bestselling author as well. October toby christine daye is the main protagonist of the titular october daye series. As a bonus, mcguire has written several short stories and novellas set in tobys world featuring many of these characters as protagonists. With ten fulllength novels and multiple short stories to feast upon, it will.

The wizards coming mcsweeny, madison the beast and the hummingbird short. In addition to more than a dozen novels, mcguire has published nearly as many short works in the october daye universe. Seanan mcguire pronounced shawnin born january 5, 1978, in martinez, california is an american author and filker. October daye is also the name of the series central protagonist. Rosemary and rue, the first book of the october daye series, is an extraordinary piece of urban fantasy. The intricate 12th urban fantasy featuring october daye, a changeling private investigator who handles cases related to the land of faerie, sees toby and her friends recovering from the traumatic events of 2017s the brightest fell, which has damaged her relationship with her fiance, tybalt, king of cats.

Seanan mcguire is an american writer and singersongwriter. The october daye books are wildly imaginative, tense, and wonderful. How can you tell if your novel is just an overgrown short. Finding a complementary short story to seanan mcguires october daye series is always a pleasant discovery, and its an even better one when, as is the case of this short work i found in the baen free library, it deals with events and people other than toby and her circle of friends and family, widening the background of this complex and manyfaceted urban fantasy series. Campbell award for best new writer by the 2010 world science fiction convention. Either luna has done a terrible thing, committed a betrayal of october daye far more intimate than being transformed into a rider, or october daye, loyal knight of the torquill family and victim of fourteen years imprisonment for the crime of trying to save luna and rayseline, deserved it. In case that wasnt enough, she also writes under the pseudonym mira grant. Oct 31, 2016 five reasons you should read seanan mcguires october daye books october 31, 2016 november 1, 2016 beth woodward the latest book in seanan mcguires longrunning october daye urban fantasy series, once broken faith, came out a little over a month ago. October toby daye is a changeling, the daughter of amandine of the fae and a mortal man. I release an average of five books per year, and have since 2009, including the october daye series, the. Sep 07, 2016 the october daye books are wildly imaginative, tense, and wonderful. Parallel stories of two girls who lived in different times converge at a place called thornhill. Born in san francisco and carried to the summerlands by her pureblood mother when she was just a child, she was raised in a world that never seemed capable of understanding her. The october daye story attempts to present a world within which fairy tales are true but often a little different from the stories that have been told of these fantastical creatures by modern society.

It was the same length as the others, but the content definitely made me happy. Seanan is the author of the october daye urban fantasies, the incryptid urban fantasies, and several other works both standalone and in trilogies or duologies. Campbell award winner, new york times bestseller, and owner of ridiculously oversized cats seriously, theyre the size of corgis. Order of seanan mcguire books seanan mcguire is an american author of urban fantasy novels under her real name as well as political thriller and horror novels under the pseudonym of mira grant. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the winter long october daye book 8. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading rosemary and rue october daye book 1. As the only child her guardians ever raised she spent a great deal of time around adults. List of october daye books october daye wiki fandom. Top five short story reads for october 2017 indiatopia. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jazz cant sleep, sylvester doesnt want to see her, and worst of all, tybalt has withdrawn from her entirely, retreating into the court of cats as he tries to recover from his abduction. Halfdochas sidhe, halfhuman, though the balance is always shifting, she is the secondborn daughter of amandine and a human man, though in faerie she is recognised as the daughter of simon torquill and the younger sister of august torquill. The october daye books follow the adventures of october toby daye as she tries to find her footing in a world that seems a little more interested in killing her than shed like. The fixed stars is a short story from the october daye series written by seanan mcguire, which was included in the anthology shattered shields november 2014 and was later provided for free from her website.

Suspense, tears, laughter the october daye series has it all. Her novella every heart a doorway received the 2016 nebula award for best novella, the 2017 hugo award. The only short stories i have read by this author were the one of the october daye s series and i loved them. I was purring with happiness when i read the last word. October daye s world is much larger than can be contained in the books. The series was recommended to me as an urban fantasy mustread, otherwise, i wouldnt have bothered with a series centred around the fae. In essence this book is a collection of short stories that have been tied together to make it a novel. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. While i really enjoyed reading this and enjoy most october daye stories this book didnt feel like it has quite the depth of some of seanan mcguires writing. October daye series seanan mcguire works archive of our own.

The only short stories i have read by this author were the one of the october dayes series and i loved them. One short meeting with october, and then a longer one with her mother. That meant i was slightly late to the party on the toby daye books, but im a voracious reader and they are short, easy reads. For more details on tobys world, and for answers to your specific questions, please see the toby daye faq page. October daye knows how cruel faerie can be to its changeling children. The winter long october daye book 8 kindle edition by mcguire, seanan. October daye series seanan mcguire 147 mcguire seanan works 5 leverage 2 the avengers marvel movies 2 supernatural 1 hellblazer 1 nightside series simon r. Buy the unkindest tide october daye by mcguire, seanan isbn. Night and silence download pdf night and silence pdf download ebook book english pdf, epub, kindle. I discovered mcguire a few years back, by way of one of her other series under the name mira grant. Toby frequently rushes to the rescue of not only her own, but other peoples children, and oberon help anything that gets in her way. This years hugo ballot saw a brand new and somewhat experimental category.

Mar 03, 2020 the only short stories i have read by this author were the one of the october dayes series and i loved them. Seanan is the author of hundreds of filk songs the lyrics for most are available in her online songbook covering. With ten fulllength novels and multiple short stories to feast upon, it will satisfy your hunger for urban fantasy for some time. October toby daye is a changeling, the daughter shelve a local habitation. Nov 04, 2014 the fixed stars is a short story from the october daye series written by seanan mcguire, which was included in the anthology shattered shields november 2014 and was later provided for free from her website. She also writes under the pseudonym mira grant in addition to her many prose novels, mcguire also writes comic books. Like her mother, she is gifted in blood magic, able to read what has happened to a person through a mere taste of blood. But at that moment, with the weight of the wood solid against my fingers and the burning spreading through me, i believed, and i understood why evening chose to protect the key before she protected herself. The strangest thing, for me, was that october whos only 7 here, admittedly doesnt really play much part we dont see anything from her view, or even see most of the action that involved her. October daye meets a lot of interesting characters along her journey, and her journey is a journey like no other. October daye series seanan mcguire works archive of. Mar 20, 2018 finding a complementary short story to seanan mcguires october daye series is always a pleasant discovery, and its an even better one when, as is the case of this short work i found in the baen free library, it deals with events and people other than toby and her circle of friends and family.

Five reasons you should read seanan mcguires october daye books. For more information on the october daye short stories, and to download the free stories for. Green 1 nochnoy dozor night watch sergei lukyanenko 1 skulduggery pleasant derek landy 1 sparrow hill road seanan mcguire 1 include characters. This book series 11 novels, lots of related stories creates a world thats rich in mythology and great characters, where the people we come to know and love grow and develop, and where secrets hinted at early on end up having major impacts down the road. Through this house, which fills in a few gaps between late eclipses and one salt sea, published in home improvement.

The october daye series is published in north america by daw books, with cover art by christian mcgrath and interior dingbats by tara oshea. The heroine october daye produces the scent of copper and cut grass for example when she uses her powers well her main enemy, evening winterrose has the scent of roses and snow. Seanan lives in seattle with her cats, a vast collection of creepy dolls and horror movies. Now in hardcover, the fourteenth novel of the hugonominated, new york timesbestselling toby daye urban fantasy series when october is informed that simon torquilllegally her father, due to faeries archaic marriage traditionsmust be invited to her wedding or risk the ceremony throwing the kingdom in the mists into political turmoil, she finds herself setting out on a quest she was. This was the most fun to read out of all of the october daye short stories that ive read so far. October daye has spent years between the mortal world and the immortal world. The october daye series is a modern urban fantasy set in both the san francisco bay area and the kingdom of the mists. When she traveled to the kingdom of silences to prevent them from going to war with her home, the kingdom of the mists, she wasnt expecting to return with a cure for elfshot and a whole new set of political headaches.

Free and legal science fictionfantasy reading jim c. The hugo award for best series is one of the hugo awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into english during the previous calendar year. Fandoms include star trek, doctor who, firefly, stephen king, horror movies, etc. Dont ignore the callthey are way more than simple faerie tales. And bear in mind, even if your novel morphs into a short story or a set of short stories, you can always turn it back into a novel somewhere down the line. Aug 01, 2017 this years hugo ballot saw a brand new and somewhat experimental category. Seanan mcguire is the creator of a wide variety of fannish and professional works in a variety of media. It might be that the book is quite short part of the book is actually a bonus novella and the main book feels a bit like a novella as well and there wasn. Politics have never been october toby dayes strong suit.

The award is available for series of science fiction or fantasy stories published consisting of at least 3 works totaling at least 240,000 words, with at least one work released or translated into english during. It is sombre, complex and well written, a combination i cant resist. Five reasons you should read seanan mcguires october daye. Classic editor history talk 0 characters category trending pages. October toby daye, a changeling who is half shelve rosemary and rue. Rosemary and rue october daye book 1 kindle edition by. I need tobytybalt and mayjazz and lijan and april is confused by what fools these organics be. Book two, in the october daye series by seanan mcguire, is a local habitation.

Aug 10, 2018 this was the most fun to read out of all of the october daye short stories that ive read so far. List of october daye books novels short stories patreon stories tobys world. Mcguire is the current record holder of the most hugo award nominations in a single year, racking up five and winning one in 20. October dayes world is much larger than can be contained in the books. Toby dresses casually, typically in jeans and a comfortable. Rosemary and rue october daye book 1 kindle edition by mcguire, seanan. Like her mother, she is gifted in blood magic, able to read what has happened to a. While it would be easy enough to skip and enjoy the overall story arch, it holds some details for us that come into play later in the game, particularly about pixies and the cruelties they have suffered at the hands of. It is a historical tale that takes place in the year 572, but best read when the readers gets to know luidaegs character better. When the luidaeg october toby dayes oldest and most dangerous ally tells her the time has come for the selkies to fulfill their side of the bargain, and that toby must be a part of the process, toby cant refuse. The online encyclopedia for seanan mcguires october daye series. Seanan mcguire is the author of the october daye urban fantasy series, the incryptid series, and other works. For the first time in what feels like years, october toby daye has been able to pause long enough to take a breath and look at her lifeand she likes what she sees.

Many were nominated, and the final tallies offered nominees from all corners of the science fiction and fantasy umbrella. One is told only in ominous blackwhite illustrations, the other in a text narrative. The result is an evocative, often downright spooky novel likely to appeal to fans of brian selznicks hugo cabret et al. She writes the october daye, incryptid, newsflesh as mira grant and parasitology as mira grant series. Readers of seanan mcguires october daye series all agree on their appreciation of tybalt, king of cats and for some time now tobys love.

October daye the october daye novels are published by daw books, and chronicle the adventures of october toby daye, a halfblood fae living in the san francisco bay area as she attempts to navigate the twin challenges of living among mortals and surviving the political intrigues of the fae courts with which she must also interact. I release an average of five books per year, and have since 2009, including the october daye series, the incryptid series, and more, all under my own name. Ratcatcher, which focuses on tybalts early history in londinium, published in a fantasy medley 2. Bujold also won the second year for her world of the five gods series, begun in 2000 and consisting of 3 books and 6 novellas, while becky chambers won for her wayfarers series of 3 novels. Apr 25, 2018 seanan is the author of the october daye urban fantasies, the incryptid urban fantasies, and several other works both standalone and in trilogies or duologies.