This short Ethshar story was written as our 2007 holiday card, and then included as an illustrated chapbook with copies of The Vondish Ambassador that went to readers who had donated to the online serialization.
The story is part of the Ethshar series, which consists of ten novels and eight shorter works as of November 2008.
Its initial publication was in the form of a chapbook, with illustrations by Kiri Evans. There have been two printings; the first was our Christmas card for 2007, and the second was included as a bonus with copies of The Vondish Ambassador that were sent out early in 2008 to the people who contributed money toward the novel's online serialization.
And I've now put the entire story online, where you can read it for free, as a Christmas gift to my readers.
"The God in Red" is copyright 2007 by Lawrence Watt Evans.
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We've been creating our own holiday cards since the early 1980s -- not every year, but most. Most of these cards, though, have been cards, relying on art or a gag of some sort.
I've always thought, though, that since I'm a writer, I ought to write something to send to our friends -- something more than a cheap gag. One year I did write a dreadful little Feghootish thing, but usually I just haven't had the time or inspiration.
In 2007, though, I'd been spending a lot of time on Ethshar stuff -- The Spriggan Mirror was out, and I was in the middle of writing The Vondish Ambassador, so I had a head full of Ethsharitic customs and magic when the time came to devise a holiday card. "The God in Red" was the result.
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