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Who is Icy Sedgwick?
Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!
“Jyximus Faire” is such a sweet name, Icy. How is the WIP coming along for you?
Inspired, perhaps, by the winter that lingers on both sides of the pond this year? No matter, it’s both a great intro to the City Above, and a great teaser for the rest of Jyx’s story!
Ah, Jyx. Haven’t you learned by now that the professors aren’t nearly as obtuse as you might hope them to be?
I love the idea of Elemental magic. Is there a Shadow magick aspect to elemental magick? I’m thinking bad guys hurling tornados at people 🙂
Oh, what has Jyx unleashed? I was pulled into this story from the get-go Icy, you have a natural gift for creating the perfectly eerie atmosphere.
Oh dear. The readers don’t know what those whatever-they-were were doing under the ice, but I do know that when only one pebble is strangely handy it’s not a good sign.
This is the first time I’ve read anything set in the City Above that I can recall, and it’s interesting that while it does seem nicer than underground, it’s not the paradise the underground people make it out to be.
Great stuff.
Ah all that snow has got to you then LOL Great story doesn’t you’re young wizard know you shouldn’t play with elemental magic 😉
“…hoping that Doctor Ermes would never know.”
That seems unlikely, young Jyximus, very unlikely.
As Larry writes, this makes for an excellent teaser for this story. You managed a lot of background in this excerpt, but it flowed along with the action.
Nicely done.
I really enjoyed the reflections caught in the ice and I’m guessing (hoping, maybe?) that Jyx has released something nefarious! I need to catch up on your other City pieces as this piece intrigued me.
I’m glad everyone’s enjoyed this – hopefully you’ll like the book too!
Really looking forward to the book. I will be totally in line for this!