“Between night and day?” “Them two?” A wave of a hand. “Ah, yes, of course, but they’re always fighting anyway. No, it’s not all about the Goddess-Queens of Brightness and Darkness. There are the multitudes of the third dynasty too. They need to talk and moot just as much, probably more so, because they actually…
Fair Upon the Tor #62 (updates Mondays)
Given the way that Dapplegrim was sniffing the air and the soil as they crept along, Caewen felt almost as if she were riding a huge dog rather than something more in the shape of a horse. They wove between tents and edged along the shadowy lips of the ridges that ran around the hillside….
Fair Upon the Tor #61 (updates Mondays)
“And you were simply standing around… watching… what was it you said?” “The Tent of Gifts.” Before Caewen could ask what this was, Keri cut in, anticipating the question. “The two dynasties, Day and Night, give the other peace gifts at each moot.” She shrugged. “The presents are kept in a tent, and on the…
Ursula Le Guin
Ursula Le Guin has passed away. I’m not at all ashamed to say that I got a bit teary when I heard the news. Ursula was a unique intellectual light, a sharp mind and a person of simply stunning moral clarity. And she was a damned fine storyteller too. Although she may have left us,…
Fair Upon the Tor #60 (updates Mondays)
It was about a half hour later when Dapplegrim’s voice roused, jolting Caewen back to full wakefulness, “Ho! Hurm! They’re back! Caewen! Come! Quick.” She jumped up, dashed for the outside, and pushed through the fabric into cold air and cloud-strained moonlight. Keri was close behind her. Both of them were still only mostly dressed,…
Fair Upon the Tor #59 (updates Mondays)
It turned out that neither Samarkarantha nor Pel were back at the tent by the time Caewen and Dapple returned. Keri had slumped over on herself, asleep in a curled-up ball next to her brother. Both of them were snoring lightly in a sort of rising and falling off-melody together. They had left all the…
Fair Upon the Tor #58 (updates Mondays)
Hi everyone. I took a break from posting over the New Year break. Back into things now. I’ll be posting every Monday again for the foreseeable future, but will increase the rate of posting once I have written through to the end of the first draft. Getting closer now. Thanks for sticking with me. ###…
Fair Upon the Tor #57 (updates Mondays, mostly)
“I said, don’t look at them. And of course they are still watching. They’re wondering how much of their true nature we’ve guessed. Let them wonder.” A snort. “Now, keep moving and keep an eye out for a card-reader. The place is lousy with them. Oh, hrm, there’s one. Come on.” He trotted ahead of…
Plans of attack
Just a quick update today. The continuation of Fair Upon the Tor will be up tomorrow. I’m now formulating a plan for the next phase of the Caewen story. The next (novel length) story after Fair Upon the Tor is already written, but needs some editing, and that will likely be the immediate next task….
Fair Upon the Tor #56 (updates Mondays)
“What about a man in a grey cloak, sort of narrow and bullyish looking in the face, white hair? You didn’t happen to see someone like that before the fire started? Or after, I suppose.” This was as close a description as she could manage of the assassin that Fafmuir had spoken of. She had…