Ochre, Quartz, or Ivy

Mor is the queen in a story that's been sung forever, and she knows it; but flowing through every story, like blood in a living heart, there is a price. One quiet morning, Death steps into the house and calls Mor by name. She finds herself pulled loose from her own place in time: into memories not yet lived, lives not yet lost, and devotion tested across centuries.Pen rules a country built on dragons' bones. Time curves around them like an ammonite, all ripples and refractions. They are not ordinary, but they try to be. They try to be everything their world asks, even as they chase the answer to one question from the Ice Age to the Iron Age and further.Ochre, Quartz, or Ivy is a novella of myth, love, co-parenting, and what survives when time itself refuses to hold still."e;Jeannelle M. Ferreira's story of a queer Pendragon and their selkie Queen, [and] their warded and beloved child, is fiercely engaging, vividly realized. Against the enduring of their threefold love is set their now-a mythic Iron Age of warring princes-and the pull and terror of their once and futures, from a murderous bog-body to the Shoah. It will haunt you."e;- Greer Gilman, Otherwise Award-winning author of Moonwise and Cloud & Ashes"e;Sometimes a story unfolds like a vision emerging from a heavy mist. Glimpses of shifting details appear then are obscured again, but gradually the mist thins and you find yourself in an unexpected landscape."e;- Heather Rose Jones, Gaylactic Spectrum Award-winning author of the Alpennia series"e;Each sentence is laid down with deliberate care, building a vibrant picture of the prehistoric world the characters inhabit. I was sucked in immediately and then sucked in further when the rich paranormal background began to reveal itself. It's always affirming to see yourself in stories, and I love Pen. I picture them as a nonbinary King Arthur. As always, I highly recommend."e;- A. L. Lester, author of The Flowers of Time and the Border Magic Universe