{"id":3434,"date":"2016-10-04T01:09:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T08:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/?p=3434"},"modified":"2017-05-11T22:21:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T05:21:52","slug":"jeremiah-willstone-and-the-choir-of-demons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/04\/jeremiah-willstone-and-the-choir-of-demons\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremiah Willstone and the Choir of Demons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremiah Willstone returns to your aerograph dial in her latest cylinder of two-fisted science adventure: <a href=\"http:\/\/aurorawolf.com\/2016\/10\/a-choir-of-demons\/\">\u201cA Choir of Demons\u201d, published this October 1st on Aurora Wolf<\/a> magazine!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Steam550x550.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"540\" alt=\"Steam550x550.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Michael Pennington, the editor of Aurora Wolf, did these two super fun digital illustrations of Jeremiah for the story, which he graciously agreed to let me use to promote the story &#8211; a tale of Jeremiah\u2019s very first adventure out of Academy. It\u2019s one thing to have an great reputation. It\u2019s another to be thrust too much responsibility too soon. On her very first day as an Expeditionary, Jeremiah is called on to fight what appears to be a choir of demons &#8211; but is she up to the task?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Steam-close-550x570.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"621\" alt=\"Steam-close-550x570.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bharat looked at her thoughtfully. \u201cWell, Lieutenant,\u201d he said, handing the dispatch to her. \u201cLooks like your bailiwick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA \u2026 police matter, sir?\u201d Jeremiah said, her voice unexpectedly rising; most unbecoming in a soldier, but she hadn\u2019t expected to be sent on a formal mission on her very first day. Navid clearly had talked her up too much! \u201cWith respect, sir, I\u2019ve not even completed orientation\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re wearing the tailcoat,\u201d Lord Bharat said firmly. \u201cAquit it well. Dismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeremiah clicked her heels, whirled and marched off, her head positively spinning. What were the protocols? Who were the players? She was going in blind! She tried to pump the dispatcher for details, but he sternly sent her on her way: the plea was urgent.<\/p>\n<p>And so, within the hour, Jeremiah found herself halfway across Boston standing beside a detective policeman opening the bloodied front door of an artisan\u2019s shop. Even as the hardbitten woman\u2019s shaking hand cranked the passkey, Jeremiah steeled herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot sure whether this is an Incursion,\u201d the detective muttered, \u201cbut it sure as hell looks like Expeditionary business.\u201d The lockpick engaged, and the spattered door swung open with an ominous creak \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To read more, check the story out at <a href=\"http:\/\/aurorawolf.com\/2016\/10\/a-choir-of-demons\/\">Aurora Wolf!<\/a> And stay tuned for more Jeremiah in upcoming anthologies and the novel THE CLOCKWORK TIME MACHINE!<\/p>\n<p>-Anthony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremiah Willstone returns to your aerograph dial in her latest cylinder of two-fisted science adventure: \u201cA Choir of Demons\u201d, published this October 1st on Aurora Wolf magazine! 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