Devil's West Q&A

[lagilman]

Life is kinda crazy right now and I have no original content to share. So you guys need to generate it for me. Got Qs about SILVER ON THE ROAD, "Crossroads," "The Devil's Jack," or the world as a whole?

Now's the time and here's the place to ask!

Comments

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Does the silver magic carry over outside the Territories, or is it only present when metal is in the region where it was extracted?

Relatedly, does silver from other places change properties when it crosses borders of influence? (HELLO, YES, HI, I AM MADE OF WORLDBUILDING PLOTBUNNIES)

Did the Devil, at any point, go down to Georgia, and, if so, what was the nature of his errand? ;-)

[gratuitous sepia icon]

[sharpwords.livejournal.com]

Where does Uvnee's name come from?

[lagilman]

Georgia belongs to the United States. The devil does not go there.


Silver... is a tricky thing (especially without giving spoilers). Let's just say that it's as much a creature of the Territory as the buffalo, but that is not to say that buffalo do not live outside the Territory as well.

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

This isn't actually a world question, but where can one read "Crossroads?"

[lagilman]

http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/crossroads/

(there's a link to the podcast of the story there, too.)

[lagilman]

It actually does have a translation/meaning in one of the local languages (or at least, y research said it did), but the folder with the source is packed up in the archives. But now I feel a need to dig it out and go over those notes again...


(knowing Gabriel's pragmatic style of naming, it probably means "not-lame" or "pretty mare." He really doesn't have all that much creativity, bless him.)