elisem is committing art again. I have bought a pendant, "Yes, No, Always, Never," because it is absolutely an illustration for Corambis. Which is freaky, because Elise hasn't read Corambis yet.

Also, for those of you optimistically playing along at home, this means that it is suddenly much more likely that the story about Cardenio Richey, the Principia Caeli, and a serial killer in the Lower City will (a.) be written, (b.) feature the Kalliphorne and her husband, and (c.) be titled "Yes, No, Always, Never."

Jeez. I kind of have an endorphin rush off that.

If you participated in the Haiku Earring Party at WisCon this year, elisem would like to hear from you.

elisem is having an instead-of-Wiscon-dealers'-room sale, and she's gone kind of nuts on the markdowns. Shinies! Go covet!

(1) The words pour out of her like vomit. (2) She can't hear them, only taste them, bitter and foul and jagged. (3) They catch in her throat, making her gag and retch again. (4) Her stomach muscles ache for hours afterwards, and her throat is always raw. (5) She has no voice of her own; it's been eaten away by the acid of the oracle. (6) She would stop if she could, but it's not her choice, any more than it was her choice to begin. (7) She would leave if she could, but there's nowhere to go that the oracle wouldn't follow her. (8) She doesn't remember the name she was born with. (9) She hates the word "sibyl."

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Nine Things About Oracles

elisem is having a sale.

elisem is having a sale. Support an independent artist! Do your axial tilt shopping! Even if the person you're buying a present for is yourself!

Also, if you are a shiny-word rather than a shiny-bead fan, I should point out that Elise is also selling copies of Glass Bead Games, with stories by me and matociquala (including the Hugo-winning "Tideline"), poems by Jane Yolen and Beth Meacham, Haiku Earring haikus by Betsy Lundsten and Ariel Franklin-Hudson, an introduction by Lois McMaster Bujold, and (in case the shiny beads are also a draw) beautiful (hand-tipped!) photographs of Elise's jewelry (with and without their people) by David Dyer-Bennet and Sheila Perry. Limited edition of 300 copies; Elise says they're about half gone. At $25, this is honestly something of a steal.

elisem is having a big sale to fund the purchase of correctly-fitting bras. This may sound trivial or foolish, but it isn't. Trust me.

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matociquala has a wonderful post on why you shouldn't let Them tell you what your process ought to be.

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ETA and a third thing: rhienelleth is having a jewelry sale to benefit the ACLU's opposition of Prop 8. Which is a very worthy cause to buy pretty things for.

Heather Corinna--she who took my fabulous author photo, if you're playing along at home--has posted the incredibly beautiful pictures she took at Fourth Street of Elise's jewelry and their people.

Now that I've picked my jaw back up off the floor, here are the links to the photos of me (as much for my reference as anything else):

Healing Is Not About Pretty (this one has at least three stories in it)--and again (and, okay, how phenomenal a photographer is Heather? she can make the fact that I have my eyes closed look intentional)

Why Do You Linger?--and again

Rhino Carries the Moon (I love the fact that I'm out of focus and distracted--I think my hair is coming down--but Rhino is sharp and perfect and beautiful)--and again, this time with me as the distrait Gothic governess--and one more time

Three Letters from a Teddy Bear on Veterans' Day--and again

Sidhe Tigers

Draco campestris

Somewhere Beneath Those Waves Was Her Home (which--hey!--I just mentioned earlier)--and again

Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland

Happy birthday to the most fabulous and shiny-causing elisem!

(Who is, btw, having a ginormous sale over on her lj. Because she can, that's why.)

elisem, who is an artist of fabulousness, is having a sale. A Really Good Sale.

Click on the link and go be tempted.

(Also, Glass Bead Games is now available for general pre-orders. All of the fiction and poetry in that chapbook, btw, come from Elisian jewelry. Not merely beautiful and amazing, but also deeply inspiring.)