Fly Thru the Chaos

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  • The Wind is High – Chapter 13

    <- Chapter 12 Chapter 14 -> Every speck of lint on Gavin’s travel clothes beckoned. Each visible thread was a tear in his mind. The smattering of dust on his cloak made his skin crawl.  He could taste vomit at the back of his throat and his tongue worried the cracked tooth. The glass counters…

  • The Wind is High – Chapter 12

    <- Chapter 11 Chapter 13 -> Riley scratched Sugarsnap behind the ear.  She kept herself from turning her head.  Cora and Alexander were double-mounted on Anvil.  Riley winced, thinking about her father realizing they had stolen his war horse.  He was the only one of the three horses that could take two riders.  And a…

  • The Wind is High – Chapter 8

    <- Chapter 7 Chapter 9 -> Riley closed her eyes.  It did not help.  The night they left, there had been so much to worry about.  Lissie had struggled with Peach.  Riley never liked riding at night, for fear that they would break an ankle in a gopher hole.  The excitement of running away had…

  • The Boy Detective Fails

    A few weeks ago, I had a compulsion to go to a used book store.  I had never been to that location before, and I only had an hour on my lunch break, so I set off with trepidation. Even though it was only down the road, I looked up directions so as to make the…

  • The Wind is High – Chapter 4

    <- Chapter 3 Chapter 5 -> The armory was massive and deserted. Riley’s footsteps echoed off the walls.  The rows of helmets stared at her accusingly.  Her only light was a candle off her nightstand, held in her hand.  She sheltered the flame as she walked toward a rack of swords.   Another light was approaching…

  • The Wind is High – Chapter 3

    <- Chapter 2 Chapter 4 -> Riley led her friends to her bedroom rather than the bath chamber.  She opened the heavy door, kicking some boots out of her way.  Riley swept the clothes off the narrow bed onto the other side.  Something hard hit the wall. Lissie moved behind her and began untying her…

  • The Wind is High – Chapter 2

    <- Chapter 1 Chapter 3 -> Riley answered, “No, she wouldn’t let me near her.  She warned me away.  And she told me about—“ Riley turned back to her mother.  “A plague in Kisten.  Mother, have you heard anything about that?”   “The wood is full of mad women,”  Her mother took another bite of the…

  • Novel Announcement

    Andrew and I finished our first novel together.  The name is The Wind is High.  We have worked ourselves raw for six weeks, and yesterday sent the manuscript to the first beta readers.  I am happy to give it to anyone who asks.  I will post the first chapter (the weakest chapter, unfortunately) soon, here.  We finished the first pass…

  • Birnham Wood Report

    In Birnham Wood by Eleanor Catton I have read, realized in text, the flaws inherent with the current state of progressive ideology as well as the flagrantly evil billionaire that embodies all that the progressive fears.  It is a cautionary tale of the failures of trust, as well as giving a boogeyman puppet master villain.   The…

  • Fear and Trust: My Experience with Parable of the Sower and Braiding Sweetgrass

    Last week I had a very difficult experience reading the Parable of the Sower.  For anyone who would like to read the book, read at your own caution because I am going to discuss it in general terms.  Mainly it’s going to be centered around the general topics discussed and the tone and perspective of…