My story, "Tattoos of the Sky, Tattoos of the Days," which appears in Sybil's Garage #5, has now been put online as a free sample.

“The night is a blackbird and it lives on Gemma’s arm. When it is still, its tail feathers brush her elbow and its beak sits below the curve of her shoulder, pointing behind her. When it moves, which is most of the time, it can be anywhere within the confines of her left arm.”

You can find the rest here.

As you'll see under the title, this story is "to the sound of" a song -- Patrick Wolf's "The Stars." Here is a youtube video of him performing it live, although there seems to be little video (and oh, damn, it cuts off before the end, but there are 3 minutes of it and sound quality is pretty decent).

So now you can listen and read, as Sybil intends.

And if you enjoy my story, please consider buying the issue or another product from the Senses Five store.

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