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Weekend Writing Warriors, Sunday 21 April 2013 (A stroll past midnight)

Posted on April 20, 2013 by epbeaumont

Terence and his inamorata stroll among the foliage, in a fantastical sort of garden. The university grounds are peculiar; there are places here that try to imitate Oxford or Paris, and sometimes a flash of moonlight on a carven doorway, … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors, Sunday 14 April 2013 (Singing vampires)

Posted on April 13, 2013 by epbeaumont

She is making notations in a notebook, and then she pulls a glowing screen toward her, and through the glass I hear the tap of fingers pit-a-pat on the keys.  “I’m on deadline,” she says, “but I might be able … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors, Sunday 7 April 2013 (Vampires in the library)

Posted on April 6, 2013 by epbeaumont

Of course, no one has moved any of these books, Gauss or Galileo or Newton, in simply ages. I read or re-read them, I confess, for much the same reasons as Terence reads his dime-novels, to recapture the thrill of … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 31 March (Cleopatra’s Ironclads)

Posted on March 30, 2013 by epbeaumont

Caesar was proving not entirely agreeable to what she needed, abroad at least, if she were to share rule of the sea-kingdoms with him from Rome. She had looked into the law-books at Rome, and shuddered; good Alexandrian matrons and … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 24 March 2013 (Cleopatra’s Ironclads)

Posted on March 23, 2013 by epbeaumont

“The temples are carved out of the living rock, and the gods twenty or more times the size of men–as they should be.” “And the great Sphinx—is it true what they say, that it is not a woman but a … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 17 March 2013 (Cleopatra’s Ironclads)

Posted on March 16, 2013 by epbeaumont

The sculptor came and went, taking notes with papyrus and memory as she assumed the ritual postures of the goddess, just as in the temple ritual, though with a few Greco-Roman twists—the knotted drapery for one, which was of a … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 10 March 2013 (Cleopatra’s Ironclads)

Posted on March 9, 2013 by epbeaumont

Timaeus would stay behind to supervise the efforts of the experimental ship-design effort.  “Automata, your majesty,” he said, shaking his head. “A child’s toy…” “Can become a weapon. Aren’t the deadliest daggers the ones that look like little bijoux?” He … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 3 March 2013 (Cleopatra’s Ironclads)

Posted on March 2, 2013 by epbeaumont

“Your administration was notable for crisis, and cool-headed management of same. Quite a performance for a mere chit of a girl.” “I was apprenticed for the role,” she said without heat. “And I had history as a guide. Let the … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 24 February 2013 (Necromancer & Barbarian character interview)

Posted on February 24, 2013 by epbeaumont

I dream of the green bog in summer, under the blue sky and the mist that shows in the distance even on a clear day. They’re like the eyes of the earth, reflecting the sky and its drifting clouds. One … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors, 17 February 2012 (Necromancer & Barbarian character interview)

Posted on February 17, 2013 by epbeaumont

Something I miss: well, I could say that I miss my father, only because his going his disappearance spelled out for me so plainly what sort of world I lived in.  My mother missed him, and I was terrified. I … Continue reading →

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