I managed to scribble out a short story that has nothing to do with my upcoming release. I think the point of this short story was to promote said release. Using some of the characters or even just the setting might have helped with that. Oh well.
I had trouble with the theme — I did hammer my head against an idea set in Summer-set's world, but it didn't end up flowing for me. Obviously, the next setting to try was alternate history fantasy Venice! (Think of, say, the way Guy Gavriel Kay borrows from history without slavishly following it.)
Maybe there's enough of my writing voice evident in 2,500 words to interest people in completely unrelated works? We'll see.
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