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I was asked to be at a guest at the Orange Salon, hosted by editors Carina and Nike at theorangebee.substack.com, a fairy tale journal. They will be hosting salons for paying subscribers, and this was their first!

We did a Q&A and a reading, and then I ran a short “Infernal Salon” with our Negocios Infernales cards, “the Deck of Destiny.” Nike asked me as a sweet favor to sing them all a song on my way out, so I wrote a song based on my card draw. It’s a VERY simple melody, and I probably don’t stay on key, but I recorded it for posterity, and shall link to it below.

I do write songs occasionally in case any of you reading this don’t know that yet. You can find most of them here: https://brimstonerhine.bandcamp.com. My first two attempts at music-making are EPs: Alecto! Alecto! (retellings of women in myth), and The Headless Bride (monstrous women and sea chanteys). And then I made one album: Corbeau Blanc, Corbeau Noir (each song written for the backers who backed my EPs at a high level, so it’s kind of a hodgepodge.)

If I make another, it’ll be Ballads from a Distant Star, my collaborative sci-fi musical concept album. And then, who knows? Maybe the 6-episode musical podcast The Devil and Lady Midnight…

Here were the cards I drew! Below are the lyrics and the very fast, quick, and rough recording LOL.

Pearl in the shell, foam on the sea
Way-oh, the song goes
How it has been, and how it must be
Way-oh, and round she goes, round she goes, the world-oh

Rose on the thorn, moon in the sky
Way-oh, the song goes
All things are born, and all things must die
Way-oh, and round she goes, round she goes, the world-oh

Kings for their crowns, dragons for gold
Way-oh, the song goes
Crows for their black, snow for its cold
Way-oh, and round she goes, round she goes, the world-oh

Rise up and dance, rise up and sing
Way-oh, the song goes
Harvest in fall what’s planted in spring
Way-oh, and round she goes, round she goes, the world-oh

Now is the dusk, now is the dark
Way-oh, the song goes
Now is the winter, teeth of a shark
Way-oh, and round she goes, round she goes, the world-oh

Put down your work, come out and play
Way-oh, the song goes
Live in the light while still it is day
Way-oh, and round she goes, round she goes, the world-oh