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Patricia Reding
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Ephemeral and Fleeting
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author Insight
Magic Gifts
No one would be more surprised than I to learn of specific magic powers of any of the Oathtakers. Here, Lucy contemplates the ability to create magic artifacts out of thin air. I keep a list of crazy and preposterous things that I thing would be amazing for a person to be able to do. Like, breathing underwater, or being able to change one's size to find hiding places, or to catch a ride with a bird. When I need to introduce a new Oathtaker, I reflect on that list. Sometimes, the person requires a specific ability that will be used later in the story. Other times, it is just an oddly interesting fact about that Oathtaker. What about you? What are your secret powers? What would you choose them to be if you could?
Book Excerpt
Ephemeral and Fleeting
“Skelly insisted on speaking with Rowena,” she said. “When Sheva finally relented and allowed her an audience, she told Rowena that she recognized her as a seventh-born among the Select. Then she gave her this cape.” Again, Lucy stroked it. “She said that her father had been an Oathtaker to a seventh, and that his attendant magic had included the ability to create enchanted artifacts.” She laughed outright.
“But, Lucy,” Mara interrupted, “you’re able to infuse objects with magic.”
“Yeeeessss, but according to Skelly, her father produced things of magic out of thin air.” She shook her head and waved her hand about, scoffing. “That seemed . . . preposterous to me. Anyway, telling your mother that she had the gift of foresight,” Lucy said to the sisters, “Skelly gave her this shawl and a . . . prediction, or . . . something.”
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