Now Sheba, the beloved of the Sphinx, had catalogued and experimented with all the strange plants, berries, fruits, saps, leaves, barks, minerals, and essences that they had once, not long, collected on their travels. She had distilled and extracted, separated, and fractioned, boiled and sieved, added and subtracted all the strange participant bits of theContinue reading "Splitting the Mota"
The Monument of Memories
Some people say, remarked the Sphinx, looking back over her shoulder as she walked, to check that her tail was fashioning the correct swish to maximise its beauty, that memories are to be gathered and held close, stuck into your head to check who you are. But I say, let go, free yourself of theContinue reading "The Monument of Memories"
Looking Back Over My Shoulder
Look, said the Raggedy Man. Looking back over my shoulder, I can see in your eye. I see, like bricks in a wall, the images of times that are me, bits me, like parts or pages in a book took out, or eggs in a basket fall out, or jars on a kitchen shelf slipContinue reading "Looking Back Over My Shoulder"
The Raggedy Man
Beneath the tree, adjacent to the flowing of water, the Darkest Knight had awoken refreshed. The Darkest Knight, refreshed. Are you ready to return to the Hostel for the Homeless, where you must absorb all the terrors and worries of those who pass? Asked the Sphinx. The Sphinx I am ready, my slate is wipedContinue reading "The Raggedy Man"
The Wisdom of Smaller Creatures
It is a fact, related the Wandering Rabbit, that in this world, the wisest creatures available to inquiry are small and often of a timid inclination. Young mice, for instance, are taught philosophy and the art of cuisine from a tender age. It is also well known that rabbits invented football, billiards, skiing, bridge, cheeseContinue reading "The Wisdom of Smaller Creatures"
The Hostel for the Homeless and The Rabbit
The Darkest Knight opened a Hostel for the Homeless under and by, quite close, next to, above and below, and soon the gates of the city of Az. Much that any wandering ancient or young, with nothing on their backs to call a shirt, might have a pallet to lie and a bit of aContinue reading "The Hostel for the Homeless and The Rabbit"
The Ancestral Pile
When I was a young Darkest Child, my home, a chateau, seemed much undone by siege and siege engine. The stone was fall all about in great heaps and only some few chambers and dungeons kept the cold and wind in their place. The reason, this is because my parent and mother were very keenContinue reading "The Ancestral Pile"
The Armour of the Darkest Knight
The Sphinx returned to the bartisan above the great gates to parlez with the Darkest Knight. The Council has convened, and you will be in the knowing of your fate this very morning soon, the Sphinx told the Knight. In the mean, I would have great interest of the design of your armour. I myselfContinue reading "The Armour of the Darkest Knight"
The City and the Darkest Knight
Now, Sheba and the Sphinx came to the Great City of Az, wherein the Blue Knight and his partner the Blue Woman Knight made their current. The Blue Woman (Knight) had recently been delivered of a fine Baby Knight and was keen to go questing in the Badlands where adventure was all but unavoidable andContinue reading "The City and the Darkest Knight"
The Heavy Lump
Outside they traveled by day and rested. Soon, by the way, they came to a wide place of high grass in which it was, to be lost, an easy thing, so simple. How shall we come to the other side without a circle happening said She Sphinx, my left leg is shorter than my rightContinue reading "The Heavy Lump"
The Guardians of the Cave 