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One Hell of a Ride
by Seanan McGuire
It's a free short story from Seanan McGuire, 0.02 in the InCryptid urban fantasy series, and revolving around a family of renegade "monster hunters". The couple focus is on Jonathan Healy and Frances Brown.
If you're interested, there is a chronological listing of the InCryptid books on my website.
My Take
I adore McGuire's InCryptid series, mostly for the mice, lol. It's a fun urban fantasy, even though this short story is more of a back story providing family history on the Healys.
McGuire has done an interesting twist on urban fantasy and monster hunting with her renegade family who believes in a "live and let live" policy when it comes to the monsters. Oh, they'll still kill those horrors, but only if they're killing others.
This story introduces us to Fran and her character even as McGuire introduces her to the Healy family life and career. And it's a pip.
The Story
It's one hell of a ride on the train Jonathan and Fran are on, as the train breaks through a hole in reality, and the two of them have to wrangle boundary imps and keep a train running to survive.
The Characters
Jonathan Healy is a monster hunter traveling with a colony of Aeslin mice who are hailing right along and behave better when orders are phrased as a commandment.
Frances Brown had been the star attraction of the Campbell Family Circus — she's really good with knives — who has decided to tag along with Jonathan. Rabbit is her beloved horse.
Vince was the husband of the old lady passenger. Clark, a Pliny's gorgon, is the train's engineer.
The Cover and Title
There's a steampunk quality to the cover with its wide-angle view looking up at the black steam engine, a mass of smoke steaming up into the night sky behind that full moon.
The title is that ride through Hell, for it is "One Hell of a Ride".
If you're interested, there is a chronological listing of the InCryptid books on my website.
My Take
I adore McGuire's InCryptid series, mostly for the mice, lol. It's a fun urban fantasy, even though this short story is more of a back story providing family history on the Healys.
McGuire has done an interesting twist on urban fantasy and monster hunting with her renegade family who believes in a "live and let live" policy when it comes to the monsters. Oh, they'll still kill those horrors, but only if they're killing others.
This story introduces us to Fran and her character even as McGuire introduces her to the Healy family life and career. And it's a pip.
The Story
It's one hell of a ride on the train Jonathan and Fran are on, as the train breaks through a hole in reality, and the two of them have to wrangle boundary imps and keep a train running to survive.
The Characters
Jonathan Healy is a monster hunter traveling with a colony of Aeslin mice who are hailing right along and behave better when orders are phrased as a commandment.
Frances Brown had been the star attraction of the Campbell Family Circus — she's really good with knives — who has decided to tag along with Jonathan. Rabbit is her beloved horse.
Vince was the husband of the old lady passenger. Clark, a Pliny's gorgon, is the train's engineer.
The Cover and Title
There's a steampunk quality to the cover with its wide-angle view looking up at the black steam engine, a mass of smoke steaming up into the night sky behind that full moon.
The title is that ride through Hell, for it is "One Hell of a Ride".