asakiyume | coming soon: Duplication

Back in 2016, I posted about a recurring dream-type I used to have, in which my children would inexplicably temporarily duplicate (here's the entry). In that entry, I said that I might write a story about it.

Well I did. I actually finished it quite some time ago (as

queenoftheskies and

osprey_archer can attest to), but it's taken me a long time to work up the energy and conviction to make it available as a stand-alone.

I had a very clear idea of what I wanted for the cover, but I lack the ability to execute it, so I described it to J. Kathleen Cheney, who, in addition to being an accomplished writer, also makes book covers,** and she created it for me. The photo is one of my kids, at the age of the child in the story:

I find myself wanting to say all kinds of things about what writing the story caused me to think about and what stuff I was reacting to, but I guess I should just let people experience the story unmediated? And then we can talk about the ideas or something afterword. Or not! Not is okay too. Anyway, I'll post again when it's live everywhere. Being a short story, it's only going to be available electronically, but if you want to have it to print out, I can send you a PDF or a Word or Open Office doc.

**If you're curious, her site for that is here.