Ah, love. A many splendored thing. Here is a rather unusual love story, sweet and strange as could only happen in the post-magical reality of the Indigo Springs “event.” Blue Magic
, the sequel to Indigo Springs was published in April and here s a tasty tale from that world to tickle a reader s fancy.
This short story was edited and acquired for Tor.com by Tor Books editor Jim Frenkel.
My swamp man wasn’t what you’d call a sexy beast, though I found his skin strangely beautiful. It was birch bark: tender, onion-thin, chalk white in color, with hints of almond and apricot. He was easily bruised, attracted lichens, and when he got too dry, he peeled.