TEETH: at last it can be told!
I've been sitting on this til the ToC was full and the anthology formally announced, which it now is & has been, by co-editor ellen_datlow : I sold a story to TEETH.
It is a most excellent story, quite short, but full of subtlety. That seems to be what I'm writing these days: If you blink, you'll miss something important. Very annoying to read, I'm sure. I hope you like it anyway.
I began it several years ago, when all I had were the first 3 lines hastily scribbled in a moment of inspiration. Fortunately, I did not lose them, and when I heard that Datlow & Windling were doing a YA vampire anthology, I fished them out and wrote what happened next. But here's the original beginning:
“You so totally just ran that red light,” she says, not without admiration.
“I know,” he says with satisfaction. He downshifts, and passes a van that has been in front of them for blocks. “I love driving.”
He is much too old for her, but that doesn’t bother her. She has never been fussy about age. She is a historian. What bothers her is that he won’t tell her about history. “I forget,” he says when pressed. “It was all a long time ago.”
He knows. She knows he knows. He just won’t say.
The working title back then was "Another Irritating Vampire," but for some reason the editors preferred my alternate title, "History."
The lineup of authors for this antho is so amazing that I feel downright humble, and pathetically grateful to be in that roll call with them. (The only other story I've read is deliasherman 's, and yeah, it's pretty awesome. Looking forward to the rest as much as you are, and then some!)
It is a most excellent story, quite short, but full of subtlety. That seems to be what I'm writing these days: If you blink, you'll miss something important. Very annoying to read, I'm sure. I hope you like it anyway.
I began it several years ago, when all I had were the first 3 lines hastily scribbled in a moment of inspiration. Fortunately, I did not lose them, and when I heard that Datlow & Windling were doing a YA vampire anthology, I fished them out and wrote what happened next. But here's the original beginning:
“You so totally just ran that red light,” she says, not without admiration.
“I know,” he says with satisfaction. He downshifts, and passes a van that has been in front of them for blocks. “I love driving.”
He is much too old for her, but that doesn’t bother her. She has never been fussy about age. She is a historian. What bothers her is that he won’t tell her about history. “I forget,” he says when pressed. “It was all a long time ago.”
He knows. She knows he knows. He just won’t say.
The working title back then was "Another Irritating Vampire," but for some reason the editors preferred my alternate title, "History."
The lineup of authors for this antho is so amazing that I feel downright humble, and pathetically grateful to be in that roll call with them. (The only other story I've read is deliasherman 's, and yeah, it's pretty awesome. Looking forward to the rest as much as you are, and then some!)