Crowdfunded "Lovers and Beloveds" begins tonight

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I'm excited and nervous: IHGK is returning after more than a year's hiatus, with the opening of the new book, "Lovers and Beloveds." It goes live at midnight Pacific. That's 3 am Eastern, -7 GMT. Here's a tiny taste:

Whithorse Estate, Whithorse Province
Ammaday, the 5th Day of Spring’s Beginning, 990 KY

In the stable yards of Whithorse Estate, two lanterns burned. They shone up at their owners, who sat on a straw bale against a brick wall. The low light transformed the rangy, blue-eyed one’s fair hair into a burnished bronze, and turned the shorter, stockier one’s eyes near-black. Both wore battered old tweed caps, and coats just heavy enough for the early spring night. The shorter one held a flask of wuisc, full at the start of the evening, and as its level dropped, they listed into one another more and more. ...

Forty-seven people gave me $2500 to produce this book. I've worked really hard to give them a great story, and I'm on pins and needles. So far, the reviews I've gotten back have been beyond good; now we get to see what the rest of the world thinks.