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The Wynter Lioness - Part 4

Tychonaut — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:46:55 -0400

The Wynter Lioness

by Tychonaut

The thought occurred to Hal that he could not have dreamed of a more unreal chain of events than he now found himself immersed up to his neck in. This morning he had planned nothing more than attending his chores with the aurochs and practicing his blade work. Now his father was dead, his mother missing and his sisters and brother were gods only know where. And seemingly to compound the unreality of the moment, his mother it seemed was also the rightful male heir to the High Throne. His mother, the legendary 'Wynter Lion'.

The Wynter Lioness

Tychonaut — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:52:26 -0400

The Wynter Lioness

by Tychonaut

Eorðe (The World)

The Heptarchy - The name for the seven kingdoms of the Angelcyn which occupy the continent of Albion. The Seven Kingdoms are based on the real seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, although subject to significant changes to fit the Wynter Lioness universe. The Seven Kingdoms are:

The Wynter Lioness - Part 3

Tychonaut — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:36:01 -0400

CHAPTER TWO

A farmstead cottage on the slopes of the Downs Mountain Range, Kingdom of Cantia

Tiw's Day (Tuesday) 23 April EY 2471

Georgina's eyes narrowed as she studied the six riders who entered the clearing in front of the cottage from her vantage point at the window in front of the kitchen sink. She absently fretted with the plate that moments ago she had been scrubbing clean, knowing that the riders presence was a potential threat to the life she had built here with her family. She'd thought - or perhaps more accurately had desperately hoped - that they had long since stopped searching for them and began to regret her foolishness in persuading Daniel to go to Wye. Her pale porcelain complexion flushed red with the shame she felt about having sulked until her husband had relented and agreed to go against his better judgement to an Artificer. Blinking back tears she looked heavenward for a moment and offered a silent plea to the Ése to watch over and protect her family from her foolishness.

The Wynter Lioness - Part 2

Tychonaut — Sat, 29 May 2010 06:23:47 -0400

CHAPTER ONE

A farmstead cottage on the slopes of the Downs Mountain Range, Kingdom of Cantia

Frige's day (Friday) 19 April EY 2471 (22 years later)

As a child Daniel's father had exalted to him the simple pleasures of manual labour and how there was no satisfaction as great as that derived from physically doing something with your own hands. Looking at his sore, bruised and grease covered hands it occurred to him that, despite those words, he couldn't remember a single time when he had seen his father actually doing any manual labour.

The Wynter Lioness - Part 1

Tychonaut — Fri, 28 May 2010 08:46:06 -0400

The Wynter Palace, The Island of Avalon EY 2449

If you had asked Lord Daniel Amherst when he awoke that morning to describe his life he would have responded to you with one word, 'blessed'. He was handsome, charming and bright, yet self-effacing enough that no one ever found him to be vain or overbearing. He was heir to the Kingdom of Cantia, one of the richest of the seven sub-kingdoms that comprised the Heptarchy. He was extremely well connected at the High Court of Avalon and was often touted as a future Privy Councillor, due in large part to his friendship with the children of the Angelcyn crown. As a young Lieutenant in the Yeomanry of the Household, the elite royal guard of the Angelcyn High-King, he represented the finest blooming of chivalry amongst the elite of Albion. In short, in the twenty-two years of his life misfortune was not an acquaintance he knew well.

I Don't Like Wednesdays

Tychonaut — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:51:22 -0400

I'm pretty sure today must be a Wednesday. I say this because I've never really got on with Wednesdays.

Relationship break-up's? Always seem to happen on a Wednesday.

Evenings that my mother calls to tell me she's not getting any younger and she'd really like to see some grandkids? Wednesday evenings.

Mornings when I spill juice down my blouse when getting ready to go to work - yup, you guessed it - Wednesday mornings.

And right here, right now - the day that I encounter the lamest supervillain in existence? Yay me, Wednesday.

For information, I'm not the guy in the yellow chicken suit calling himself the 'Rooster of Doom'. That dude clearly has mental health issues that are going to need some serious professional help. Nope, I'm the tall chick in the patriotic red, white and blue who looks like a cross between a Spartan extra from the movie '300' and Geraldine Estelle Halliwell during her Spice Girls days. And I'm currently trying to stop the 'Rooster of Doom' (and yes, that's how he identified himself) from knocking over a logistics lorry for a well known supermarket chain. The first police officers on scene advised me that the 'Rooster' monologued that his intention was to raise his 'Poultry Posse of Power' from the free range eggs on board. I seriously kid you not. My life has been reduced to the 'and finally' section of the ITV News at Ten. It'll be between me and a duck from Melton Mowbray performing a 'McTwist' on a skateboard tonight. At this point, I'm really hoping they go with the duck or I'll never live this down in the 'cape and cowl' community.

TG input to amazing Hubble images

sparrowchild — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:45:41 -0400

First off, thank you, Bob, for posting those amazing Hubble images in the header.

They got me to wondering about how many trans folk had a hand in making that happen. I had a very small part, pre-transition, but I think that would still count.

Has anyone compiled a list? Should we try to start one? My guess is that there are quite a number.

The Quiet Girl - Part 3

Andrea DiMaggio — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:26:41 -0400

The Quiet Girl

Part Three - And The Birds Make Music

by Andrea Lena DiMaggio

And precious things are dreams onto an exile
They take her o'er the land across the sea
Especially when it happens she's an exile
From that dear lovely Isle of Innisfree.

Wannabe Editor looking for voluntary work

AlastairPasser — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:08:41 -0400

I have recently come to an epiphany, I want to evolve my passion for books into a career by becoming a book editor. I have reasearched methods of becomeing one and it has been suggested that I begin as a freelance copy editor and that I should build a portfolio by doing some voluntary work online. So I wish to ask any of the Authors on this site, if you are looking for an editor for your works I am currently more than willing to take on any challenge you can throw at me, absolutely FREE. The only favor that I ask is that you allow me to keep either all, or at least a segment of the text you send to me, both of the raw and edited versions, so that I can keep them in my portfolio and one day I shall hopefull be able to find paid work.

A Life Changing Experience!

mittfh — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:10:12 -0400

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