Scheherazade interlude: night visit, part 1

Posted by ElizabethGenco on Thursday, October 12 2006 at 10:36 am

Well, our best intentions continue to get waylaid by life’s angst. Rather than ride it out empty handed, I’ve decided to share “a little something I had on the hard drive” (you know from those, right?) with you.

NIGHT VISIT is a piece that my husband Leland and I put together for the annual SPX anthology last year. It didn’t make the cut, but I’m incredibly fond of it and it’s probably my personal favorite of all my stories so far. Note that I didn’t say “best.” But it’s my favorite, hands down.

We made a limited number of NIGHT VISIT chapbooks for NYCC 2006. They’re almost gone.

“In the British Isles folk song canon, there are songs known as ‘night visiting songs.’ The esteemed precursors to rocks thrown at the window and midnight serenades, they describe one lover coming to the home of another in the middle of the night and on the sly. Always, the threat of discovery (parents, spouses, etc) looms large, and always, always must the visiting lover depart before the cock crows at dawn.

These songs are often gloomy and sad, but I find them to be terribly romantic. Sure, parting sucks, but who doesn’t like lovers coming through the window?

There’s one more thing I should tell you about night visiting songs, but that would give part of the story away.

I wrote this for my younger self.

-EG”

elizabeth genco + leland purvis == true love always! \m/!

Category: Scheherazade

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