Monthly Archives: August 2014

Weekend Writing Warriors, Sunday 31 August 2014 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

Posted on August 31, 2014 by epbeaumont

Mavra stood with the children. “Why did you stay?” Yasmin asked.  “It’s time,” Mavra said. “It’s time to come home again. My other home’s gone, and the Dome’s where I was born.” “Are you going to tell us about the … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors, Sunday 24 August 2014 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

Posted on August 24, 2014 by epbeaumont

“Crow’s wing, they call my sort of hair, on Karis,” the Ship’s Doctor explained, “and yours, little sisters and brother, they call storm-cloud or lamb’s-wool.” All those names were poetical borrowings from the vocabulary of the Original World, archaic and … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 17 August 2014 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

Posted on August 17, 2014 by epbeaumont

Between the tall windows of the refectory hung panels showing robed figures fishing from reed-boats. Yasmin spooned up pea-and-bean stew (“your third serving!” Jehen had said, “just how are you going to dance?”). The panel opposite their table showed an … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 10 August 2014 (Published Works sampler)

Posted on August 10, 2014 by epbeaumont

Terence has a new inamorata.  I’ve told him time after time that this never works out.  (In the Laboratory of the Night) *** Erika knew when her mother had come in from patrol. From ancient habit, she woke at each … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 3 August 2014 (WIP: Leonie Hallward)

Posted on August 3, 2014 by epbeaumont

Mabel Dodge is a sort of eclectic Mme de Stael, who brings together a various society. One of the daughters of my host’s house, a vivacious beauty of surprisingly advanced views, promised me an evening there.  “Papa,” she confided, “is … Continue reading →

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