Meanwhile, as the chateau in the centre of the small town was quickly filling with smoke and the first coughing soldiers were stumbling out of their quarters to raise an alarm, and as two women made their way towards the cell wherein the Flaming Scholar was incarcerated, two vehicles were travelling along the roadway thatContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 5 – Highway Robbery”
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The Flaming Scholar part 4 – The Diversion
At exactly eleven of the clock the next night, a figure, barely seen in the darkness and shadows that clung to the chateau walls, lifted a hatchway in the roadway that was used to gain access to the cellars of the building, he slipped quietly down into the space below and the hatchway door loweredContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 4 – The Diversion”
The Flaming Scholar part 3 – The Reconaissance
As the old couple entered through the gateway of the chateau they were waylaid by the guards. The old fortified chateau occupied the main part of the centre of the small town which was situated on a small hill rising out of the surrounding fields of vineyards. ‘We are come to ask favour of hisContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 3 – The Reconaissance”
The Flaming Scholar part 2 – The Meeting
The meeting room was the kitchen of an old rambling farmhouse belonging to the cousin of the Innkeeper. The house was situated in an extremely out of the way corner of the countryside surrounded by flat open fields, which gave a good view of the only approach. It was also not far from the coast,ContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 2 – The Meeting”
The Flaming Scholar part 1
In a small town, not far from here, lived a young woman who was keen to learn all there is to know about the world. She read every book that she could find and asked long complicated questions of anyone who she deemed to have knowledge that she could soak up. Her parents had triedContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 1”
The Tale of the Perfect Circle
A circle shows the entire, an orange that may contain several, filled with no corners. The body of knowledge, The elderflowers in bloom, a short window, full of light. Perfect one day, shabby the next. She picked them as they fell ripe. Drew a circle upon the muslin to prepare the steeping cloth and steppedContinueContinue reading “The Tale of the Perfect Circle”
The Guardians of the Cave 