---
title: "Get A Story"
description: "TODO: one to two sentence back-cover-style hook for the free short story. Fantasy Michigan — think old growth forest, a lake that remembers, something waiting under the water. Written by Cate Conners."
type: "courses"
eec_slug: "reader-magnet"

# Optional italic line under the title, for handling an objection up front.
hero_subhead: "This story, occasional emails when something new comes out and other things you want in your inbox."

# Label on the signup form's submit button.
cta_text: "Send me the story"

# Cover image, hosted in the public downloads bucket alongside the epub.
# Used as the on-page hero image.
# TODO: replace with the real cover once it exists — see downloads-uploader.
cover_image: "https://downloads.cateconners.com/reader-magnet/cover.jpg"

# Optional: a landscape (1200x630) variant of the cover for social-share
# previews (og:image/Twitter card). Falls back to cover_image if unset --
# see layouts/_default/baseof.html.
social_image: "https://downloads.cateconners.com/reader-magnet/cover_social.jpg"

# Direct link to the epub in the public downloads bucket — shown as an
# on-page button immediately after a successful signup, independent of the
# welcome email (see layouts/partials/course-enroll-form.html).
# TODO: replace with the real epub link once the story is ready.
download_url: "https://downloads.cateconners.com/reader-magnet/story.epub"
download_text: "Download now"

# Optional heading above the repeated signup form at the bottom of the page.
repeat_cta_heading: "Want the story?"
---
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TODO: this whole page is placeholder copy, stubbed in ahead of Cate's actual
story/title/blurb. Replace once her manuscript and cover art are ready, and
flip cateconners-eec-courses's courses/reader-magnet/course.yml `active` to
true — see that repo's README.
-->

Somewhere north of the tree line, where the maples go quiet and the lake
keeps its own counsel, something has been waiting a long time to be found.

Sign up to my mailing list and I'll send you a free short story — a little
Fantasy Michigan magic for your inbox, plus occasional word when something
new comes out.