A Djinna Tale is being revised (i.e. more chapters added). Please have a read and let me know what you think.

Thanks,

-A

Finally!

I've finished and posted the Nightingale's Song.

 
The Nightingale's Song
 
by Armond
 
 
Anuvar, a glistening jewel in the sea, gifted by the Goddess to Her people. Yet their ears have become deaf to Her song, and a doom hangs over the Isle. The famed singer Orlando typifies their plight; the Goddess gifted him with the most amazing talent to stir men’s souls, yet he squanders it for wenching and wine. An horrific crime sets the troubadour on a different path, but will it lead to the redemption or damnation of the Isle?
 
 

I'm working up a new story on my writing website, called The Nightingale's Song.

Well ...'new' is a bit misleading - it is a story based on one I wrote half a dozen years ago and posted on fictionmania.

This is not a reposting though. When I wrote "Redemption Song" I was intrigued with the idea of starting a story without exposition - just 'jumping in' and letting the back story trickle out as the plot progressed.

Many of you have asked, and patiently waited for, a Shauna Deirbhile play list. Following are the artists and songs from the story:

1. Órla Fallon - The Gartan's Mother Lullaby
2. Fionnuala Gill - Deus Meus (Adiuva Me)
3. Patrick Ball - The Butterfly
4. Loreena McKennitt
- Bonny Portmore
- Courtyard Lullaby
- Snow
5. Andreas Vollenweider
- Airdance
- Lake Of Time
6. Philip Boulding - Song for Reconciliation
7. Harpa Paraguaia - Pajaro Campana
8. Celtic Harp Orchestra
- Greensleeves
- Miranda and the Tempest
9. Rüdiger Oppermann - Pretty Cool Harmonics!
10. Lisa Lynne & Aryeh - Harp duo -Carol of the Bells
11. Deborah Henson-Conant - Take Five

 
Moon Harper - Part 4
 
by Armond
 
 
No one bothered to mention I’d be signing up for this! I thought becoming a teenage girl would be impossible to deal with. Turns out it’s the least of my worries. With my talking harp Àine, I can do things no human should be able to. And it scares the crap out of me!

Deal with it Moon Harper, Àine said. You are Shauna Deirbhile, and this is your time of rising!
 
 

 
Moon Harper - Part 3
 
by Armond
 
 
I am now Shauna Deirbhile, and with my harp Àine, I work miracles with my music. I'm dealing with a lot, hey? Mere days ago I was clueless Sean Derhill. Turning into a teenage girl has become the least of my worries, for I cannot explain the magic that flows from my harp strings, and it frightens me. The issue may be moot; the Fomors have marshalled all their resources to stop me from working a ritual that will switch me back. They want me dead dead dead.
 

 
Moon Harper - Part 2
 
by Armond
 
 
Sean -now Darcy- need only learn a Danaan purification ritual to return to her old body. A week in the teenager's body, no more, and then back to his fiancé Sarah and normal life; easy, hey? Not with the entire Formorian race looking to off her, and a harp who suddenly has a mind of her own.
 

 
Moon Harper - Part 1
 
by Armond
 
 
Was it chance that brought Sean to Tamsin Caroline's fabulous New England rental house, just in time for the height of the fall folliage? Luck that granted him this space to jam one last time on his harp before he embraced his role as a corporate drone? Or was it his heritage that reached up and grabbed him by his ...harp strings... to force him down a more intersting path?
 

Silver Apples

by Armond

Charlie has lots of things working against him - a shape shifting girl friend who’s PO'd at him, a jealous rival who wants his body –literally- and a job from the Goddess that didn’t work out so well the first time around. On the plus side, he's drinking good coffee.
 
 

The Necessity of Winter

by Armond
 

While Duty and Destiny is on hiatus, I'm working up a new story, over on my little writing website. My plan is to post the rough drafts over there, and when finished, I'll publish the final version here for general viewing.

If you're inclined, have a read.

-A

Moon Harper

Winter's Quiet

Hey, all!

Sorry I haven't posted stories lately, but I'm a very seasonal writer, and go quiet in the winter (or dormant, or into hibernation, or whatever...)

Since Spring is here and I'm writing again, I'll be posting soon.

-A

Angela has posted an absolutely amazing piece today, The Woman Who Corrupted Diddleyburg.

It is a very clever title, because it is a play on the Mark Twain classic, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg. And Angela plays so well with Twain's plot. You really need to read the original version to understand just how excellent her story is. Click here to read Twain's version:

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

  
The rent was due, and private detective Anne Carter needed a case fast. And right on cue, a dame walks in with an easy job: tailing her famous artist hubby to see if he was cheating on her. But no one is who they seem in the Case of the Perfect Picture, and the stakes just might be Anne's soul.
 
 

asor esse rosa
by armond
 

 
The rules of the Challenge were simple: first to grasp the scepter wins the prize, the crown, a queen.
Sir Asor thought it was too simple; it didn't make sense that the King of Sarras was chosen so.
But then the Hags of Anona got into the mix, and everything turned backwards, inside out and upside down.
Pleh! Pleh!

 

After Winter
by armond

 
Owain wanted to die. Everyone he loved was gone, and now he longed to follow. No, more than that, he dreamed of death, hungered for its endless black. On a bitter winter's day, his dream was set to come true ...until the tale went badly off-script. Or maybe, the seasons happen exactly as they should.
 

duty and destiny - part 4
by armond
 

 
Jaussen rides hard to Westfalon to try to thwart Arcum’s plots and avert war. But …is he too late? For the wizard Faolán has begun chanting the invocation of unmaking …upon Caden.

duty and destiny - part 3
by armond
 

 
Caden and his sisters are trapped by King Coel’s men after he reads the forged letter. The king offers Caden a onetime deal – submit willingly to his judgment, and he will return Caden’s sisters to Glamorgan unharmed.

duty and destiny - part 2
by armond
 

 
 

The young lovers Caden and Avila plan their summer wedding.

Jaussen uncovers the plot, but can he reach Westfalon in time to save the prince and his sisters?