Myths and Legends of Ironmont - The Dragon
High in the Iron Mountains, overlooking the City in the valley below is a cave. To the animals who visit the mountains for skiing and climbing today, it is just a little scrape in the rock, a rather dull divot in the mountainside. The locals know it...
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 17)
The inspector herded the two scientists from the room and I could just make out their shapes as they passed the window. Harry started to rattle cups and tea things, a distraction technique. Sadly, I was unable to be distracted, my mind was poring over...
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 16)
We piled in and headed away from the checkpoint, continuing eastward. I didn't feel myself begin to relax until we crossed out of the Borders Controlled Area and away from the military's sphere of influence. By the time we got back to the village it...
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 15)
As I set to the car moving, I beeped the horn and waved to my mother and Gerald. We bounced away down the drive and joined the valley road. As we neared the junction for Coombe Dare, I looked across to Kiniun. 'What time train do you have to catch?'...
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 14.5.5) MORE BONUS
**Gazetteer: The Republic of Menefwy/ _Weriniaeth Menefwy_** **Facts at a glance:** Population: 10.25 Million Government: Representative Democracy with a directly elected president Head of State: President Dai Llygod National Holidays:...
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 14)
We were herded, mugs and all out into the yard. It was a lovely sight to see Harry and Gerald wander off together both clutching my mother's favourite mugs with the delicate matching pattern of peonies on them. Kiniun tapped me on the shoulder and...
Knight of God (Pt. 1) TEASER
The winter of that year was bitterly fierce, the young knight was met with biting, squally snow and wind as he stepped ashore. The look on his face spoke volumes: _After three months of being tossed about in that leaky little cog, to be confronted with...
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 13.5) BONUS
This ae nighte, this ae nighte, _Every nighte and alle,_ Fire and fleet and candle-lighte, _This offering of thy soule._ When thou from hence away art past, _Every nighte and alle,_ To the god's house art come at last, _This offering of thy...
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 13)
There were still lights burning in the vicarage as I walked up the path. I slipped into the hall and followed the sounds of talking to the living room. Both Gerald and Harry looked up as I entered the room. Harry smirked and pointed at me. 'Look at...
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 12.5) BONUS
**Gazetteer: The Kingdom of Ironmont** **Facts at a glance:** Population: 59.1 Million Government: Representative Democracy within a Constitutional Monarchy Head of State: His Most Serene Majesty (HMSM) Victor IV of the House Ironmont (Formerly...
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 12)
That was how father's stories often finished. He would tale the En-gal mask back from me and return it to its proper place on the study wall. Some years later, father taught me what he knew of En-gal, and of the rites of exorcism. I smiled at those...
In the Service of Mystery (Pt. 11)
About half an hour passed and my stack of paperwork shrank agonisingly slowly. I was saved from the horrors of the diocesan missional statistics return (a form that is just as boring as it sounds) by the church door creaking open. I looked up and...