Ah, welcome. I see you've found me here. *slips world domination plans behind back* No, no, don't worry, these are my friend's... I'm not that type myself. Prefer the dark lieutenant sort of role.
Anyway, if you're here, you must have been interested in the book, so maybe we should talk about that, hey?
First off, this story is weird. I freely admit. I have no idea how to categorize it because it's all its own crazy thing. To give you a brief rundown:
> Archaic style (I just love playing with it)
> Metaphors, symbolism (My brain went the whole hog)
> Wordplay with fictional languages (I have an obsession)
> An accidental Game of Thrones reference (never read it, never watched it)
> Bitesize chapters (we're talking 200-400 words)
If this does not sound appealing to you, no-one on earth is going to blame you.
I love this story with everything in my writerly heart. If you love it half as much as I do, I will cry because I don't understand how something as funny and unconventional as this can get the kind of love it does. I dream about doing an expanded rewrite, and editing my wildcard commas, but if I'm talking realistically, I have too much on my plate already. It's not gonna happen.
Legaeësse: Tips
> Word from one of my fictional languages.
> Figures prominently in A Cold Cry.
> Pronunciation: "leg-aye-ESS-eh."
> Essentially the Legea take on fae/elves.
Copyright (That thing we love)
*A COLD CRY IS AN ORIGINAL WORK, AND AS SUCH IS PROTECTED BY U.S. COPYRIGHT LAW. THE IDEAS, CHARACTERS, AND PLACES WITHIN ARE SOLE PROPERTY OF VERITY A. BUCHANAN. THEY MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY WAY WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHOR, EXCEPT IN SHORT EXCERPTS(NOT EXCEEDING 2000 WORDS), SUCH AS MAY BE USED IN QUOTATIONS, REVIEWS, ETC.*
Acknowledgments
I am indebted to user LuckyPlum for suggesting that I take part in #WinterContest2016, without which this story would not exist, and to my sister for her helpful material concerning the legaeësser.
Enjoy!
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A Cold Cry
FantasyOne man against a nameless evil, against deception, and ultimately against himself. Something dangerous lurks in the mountains of Enedhwin, and no-one is willing to search it out... no-one except the cocky and loyal-to-a-fault foreign ambassador. Bu...
