Half a Moon: 14 Days of Celebrating Women

I was trying to fathom what I could write or make to post to this community, but then it occurred to me that I did have one very appropriate ficlet already written, and along with that, I could rec the book it was for!

If you have not read The Etched City by KJ Bishop, well, you should. It's a beautifully told phantasmagoria of shifting dreamscapes populated by deeply human (and very morally ambiguous) characters. The prose might best be described as "gleefully ornate" - the author's love of language shines through every carefully chosen word.

( Interested yet? )

This book will probably appeal to lovers of a good mind-fscking - for instance, fans of M. John Harrison's Viriconium series, and the works of authors such as Jeff Vandermeer and Haruki Murakami.

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This ficlet was written on request from crystalwrenn. It will, unfortunately, make little sense to anyone who hasn't read the book, but hey! Hopefully I've at least convinced one or two people to pick up a copy.

Prompt: "Beth, the crocodillian baby and its slave protitute mother."
Words: 231
Warnings: None

( She had intended the thing for her bestiary, but she could think of no name to give it: )

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Also, feel free to snatch this icon:



It's Beth in the guise of a sphinx, from the cover of the Prime edition of the book, designed by KJ Bishop.