My novel-in-editing, Unnatural Causes, is a murder mystery: the death of a prominent and controversial mage by her apprentice and familiar. The familiars in this world are extraplanar beings, and their status is uncertain: indentured servants at best, slaves at worst. I put two themesongs in my notes to play off their attitudes towards the world around them. The first is hard, driving and rebellious:
Are We All We Are - P!nk
(Warning: language)
It also has some relevance to narrator Vil, who personally is defiant and impatient.
The second is more aspirational, a hope for peace:
The War Is Over - Sarah Brightman
But with their future in doubt, their primary advocate murdered, what truly is in store for the familiars?
About Me
- Lindsey Duncan
- I'm a professional harp performer, chef / pastry chef, and speculative fiction writer from Cincinnati, Ohio. My contemporary fantasy novel Flow is available from Double Dragon Publishing, and my science fiction novel Scylla and Charybdis is now out from Grimbold Books. I've also sold a number of short stories and a few pieces of speculative poetry. I write predominantly fantasy, usually epic and/or humorous, with some soft science fiction. I play the traditional lever harp with a specialty in Celtic music - but I also perform modern and Renaissance tunes. And yes, you read that right - I have a diploma in Baking and Pastry and an Associates in Culinary Arts and am currently working in the catering field at Kate's Catering and Personal Chef Services (Dayton, KY). I am a CPC (Certified Pastry Culinarian) and CSW (Certified Specialist of Wine).
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