The Piper Calls

[magistra17sum]

It was the music he could never forget.  The music first drew him, held him, bound him.

Cole was four years old the first time he heard it.  His smiling mother had sent him out to the field to call his father for dinner; half an hour later, she’d gone to investigate their absence and found her little boy sitting beside his father’s prone body,

Comments

[newtypeshadow]

This is such a hauntingly beautiful story! There are shades (no pun intended) of Pied Piper and Death and the story of Persephone and Hades, but woven into something far sweeter than any of those. I love that Cole has always been looking for Corwin, in his way; and that Corwin was waiting for Cole and didn't realize that Cole would recognize him and his music, much less feel drawn to him after finding out who/what he is.

THIS IS SO PRETTY! *__* And yet it goes deeper than pretty. It's a ghost story and a love story wrapped into a gorgeously-written whole. I really liked it. ♥

[mechante_fille]

Yes, what Tait said! Sweet sorrow, like the music. And I love that it is familiar and new, all at the same time. ^_^

[charisstoma]

If I hadn't been trolling my Friends Page, I'd not have found this and that would have been a loss for me.
This is beautiful and as you promised the mix of Persephone's story with that of the Pied Piper. It is original and familiar both and very very nice.

[hanatokimi]

This was absolutely amazing!! Very poignant and sweet and sad all at the same time! I would love to find out more about this world and the characters you have given us with this story!