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…
Fair Upon the Tor #55 (updates Mondays)
They left the bonfire circle and kept going. Soon enough they had left behind the lilting songs of the night-worshippers, and found what appeared to be the edge the fortuneteller’s market. Most every tent was hung with signs replete with mystical eyes and weird symbols, stars and hands held upright to show a decorated palm….
Fair Upon the Tor #54 (updates Mondays, usually)
“Yes. But I don’t expect we’ll be long. I just want to wander over to the fortuneteller’s market, take a look around–that’s all–oh, I meant to ask, uhm, you don’t know where the market is, do you?” “You are hopeless. You really would be happy to just wander around the whole of the moot until…
Slightly delayed by a cold
So I’m quite under the weather with a head cold that started in the throat a few days ago, but then moved to my sinuses with a vengeance. I have the next part (and actually a good few thousand more words) written, but I usually like a take an hour to make sure the writing…
Fair Upon the Tor #53 (updates Mondays)
They managed to get Keru on top of Dapplegrim, and together they walked along slowly, making their way first out of the shallow corrie, then down the wending hillside way. Caewen and Keri walked on either side, supporting the boy so that he didn’t fall. As they trod along, a few magicians did overtake them…
Fair Upon the Tor #52 (updates Mondays)
His eyes opened wide: jarringly awake and alert. “Ow! What in the all the earth’s fire–?” “This is made the spit and blood of a sea-foam hydra.” Quinnya dribbled more of the stuff into his cuts. “Also, wine from vines in the gardens of the Temple of the Silver Dusk, ashes from the funeral pyre…