Eight Tenths of a Mile

Typed out on the screen like that, it doesn’t seem like a long way. However, running it out on Coldwater Mountain Trail yesterday, felt like a very long way. .81 of a mile is an odd distance, but it is half the way around the first loop of the trail. I injured my shoulder about sixContinueContinue reading “Eight Tenths of a Mile”

Tales of the Wandering Scribe

Tales of the Wandering Scribe is a three-part series of novellas. Thangelos the scribe travels with a different character in each volume, recording their adventures.   In Book One, he accompanies Novela (name choice explained in story), a twenty-year-old noblewoman of Elvare Estate. She is a comely young woman, desperate to break away from the stifling identity of her lineage, if only for a brief time. She enlists Thangelos to accompany her to the La Fiera delle Ombre (The Fair of Shadows) and record theContinueContinue reading “Tales of the Wandering Scribe”

Tether

“But you have to. It’s the only way to sever the attachment.” Saria looked down at the fresh, crisp hundred-dollar bill. She raised it to her face and inhaled deeply, as if trying to absorb its essence. She thought of Darwin, one of her personalities. Struggling to keep his family afloat, this bill would beContinueContinue reading “Tether”