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This story combines a lot of my favorite types of jam. It's a story about badly scarred survivors, about the way the world keeps going in the aftermath of tragedy, about fitting together the shards of your life and finding something new and beautiful in what remains. It's got magic (a little) and politics (a lot, but distant) and a Grand Country House and freshly baked bread. It's got Ominous Dreams and Symbolic Lighting and a Hidden Library, and everyone wears really sharply tailored suits. | This story combines a lot of my favorite types of jam. It's a story about badly scarred survivors, about the way the world keeps going in the aftermath of tragedy, about fitting together the shards of your life and finding something new and beautiful in what remains. It's got magic (a little) and politics (a lot, but distant) and a Grand Country House and freshly baked bread. It's got Ominous Dreams and Symbolic Lighting and a Hidden Library, and everyone wears really sharply tailored suits. | ||
== External Reviews == | |||
* [https://la-dissonance.dreamwidth.org/137079.html la-dissonance.dreamwidth.org]: "An exiled mage and guard who's sent along with him. This is SO good. It is excellent in worldbuilding and excellent in emotional hurt/comfort and just. so good!!!!! (cw for suicidal thoughts)" | |||
== External Links == | |||
This story is also available [https://archiveofourown.org/collections/bb_shousetsu/works/27595610 on Archive of Our Own (AO3)]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:44, 24 October 2026
The Edge of Morning is a story written by Kilerkki and illustrated by beili. It originally ran in Issue 77 at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-edge-of-morning/.
Summary
Six months after losing his king, his lover, and his magic, a maimed court mage returns home to die. His young guard has other plans.
Author's Notes
This story combines a lot of my favorite types of jam. It's a story about badly scarred survivors, about the way the world keeps going in the aftermath of tragedy, about fitting together the shards of your life and finding something new and beautiful in what remains. It's got magic (a little) and politics (a lot, but distant) and a Grand Country House and freshly baked bread. It's got Ominous Dreams and Symbolic Lighting and a Hidden Library, and everyone wears really sharply tailored suits.
External Reviews
- la-dissonance.dreamwidth.org: "An exiled mage and guard who's sent along with him. This is SO good. It is excellent in worldbuilding and excellent in emotional hurt/comfort and just. so good!!!!! (cw for suicidal thoughts)"
External Links
This story is also available on Archive of Our Own (AO3).
