"The tourism board had started a new blog, and the stories of island history posted there over the previous weeks were so evocatively written that readers felt they could only have been crafted by someone who had seen it with their own eyes."
Might there be an example of the blog posts or even Cora's blog in our future? One could only hope..
I feel like this added a good amount of nuance to Ferris Island itself when paired with what's been released of Ivy & Ixos so far. I feel like it's a good example of the benefits of a shared setting like this, because part of it comes down to Ferris Island playing different roles in the respective narratives.
Ooh, this is good. I really want to know more about William Ferris, though. I have a suspicion he wasn't just "swept" overboard. The way the Twin hesitated at the word "tribute". Hm. I wonder.
This is a wonderful end to this particular tale but also a really interesting opening into the history of Ferris Island. I’m enjoying how all these stories weave and bind together to create a place that feels realistically lived in but also full of myths and legends. Thanks for sharing these with us 👍🏼
This really speaks upon our expectations on history, and do we want to go there! You brought us along, looking over Tamsin's shoulder, walking barefoot on barnacled beaches and staring out at that sea. Thanks, S.E.!
I’m pretty new to substack and have primarily been a lurker 👀 👀 I haven’t had much time to read Ivy and Ixos BUT I’m on vacation this week and could not get enough of this story and the world you created so I started binge-reading your novella 😍😍 well done!!
After Part 2 you could have taken this to crazy creepy levels and that's what I was expecting. But instead you took us a different direction and having gone there with Tamsin I am so glad you did. What a way to "land the plane". So much to unpack in all of this and I shall enjoy doing that internally for the rest of the day. Thank you.
I'm late to the party, but this was fantastic. Mothwood was 'haunting atmosphere' perfected. Especially in episode 2, the description of the rundown houses was at once relatable (growing up the backwoods of the midwest, I've seen hundreds of the kind) and creepy. It reminded me of Stephen's King's description of the Indian burial grounds in Pet Semetary.
"I'm going to tell you a story." It said
Instead of words, it threw her back into time.
Then without reason, without rhyme.
She lived the island and saw every first
and felt it's confusion and awareness of the
first people to inhabit it.
It offered friendship, a sense of being, but hesitantly
always offering until it found the woman it needed
The lost doe.
I swear, to the universe, @sereid, that if you don't publish a Ferris Island Anthology, I'll be very cross with you.
"The tourism board had started a new blog, and the stories of island history posted there over the previous weeks were so evocatively written that readers felt they could only have been crafted by someone who had seen it with their own eyes."
Might there be an example of the blog posts or even Cora's blog in our future? One could only hope..
I feel like this added a good amount of nuance to Ferris Island itself when paired with what's been released of Ivy & Ixos so far. I feel like it's a good example of the benefits of a shared setting like this, because part of it comes down to Ferris Island playing different roles in the respective narratives.
Ooh, this is good. I really want to know more about William Ferris, though. I have a suspicion he wasn't just "swept" overboard. The way the Twin hesitated at the word "tribute". Hm. I wonder.
This is a wonderful end to this particular tale but also a really interesting opening into the history of Ferris Island. I’m enjoying how all these stories weave and bind together to create a place that feels realistically lived in but also full of myths and legends. Thanks for sharing these with us 👍🏼
Oh my, what a closing for Founder's Week! And what a ribbon to bind up the tales of Ferris Island, whenever it's time comes. I remain your humble fan!
This really speaks upon our expectations on history, and do we want to go there! You brought us along, looking over Tamsin's shoulder, walking barefoot on barnacled beaches and staring out at that sea. Thanks, S.E.!
I’m pretty new to substack and have primarily been a lurker 👀 👀 I haven’t had much time to read Ivy and Ixos BUT I’m on vacation this week and could not get enough of this story and the world you created so I started binge-reading your novella 😍😍 well done!!
Another fitting and satisfying ending to a ghostly Ferris Island saga. Well done!
After Part 2 you could have taken this to crazy creepy levels and that's what I was expecting. But instead you took us a different direction and having gone there with Tamsin I am so glad you did. What a way to "land the plane". So much to unpack in all of this and I shall enjoy doing that internally for the rest of the day. Thank you.
This is so creative and wonderfully written. Thank you for sharing.
Yes, to what Joseph Weiss said - Ferris Island Anthology!!! You totally delivered with Part 3
I'm late to the party, but this was fantastic. Mothwood was 'haunting atmosphere' perfected. Especially in episode 2, the description of the rundown houses was at once relatable (growing up the backwoods of the midwest, I've seen hundreds of the kind) and creepy. It reminded me of Stephen's King's description of the Indian burial grounds in Pet Semetary.
I have to admit, I was half expecting a certain grey, sooty, ashen dressed Suff to show up...🤪