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Now that we're all sheltering in place with time to spare, it's the perfect opportunity to revisit Tory Lightfoot and Jack Dance, protagonists of my first published novel Witch from the Sea.
(Pirates! History! Romance! No Zombies!) I always envisioned their story as a trilogy, and although the next two novels were never published in book form, they do exist. So I'm bringing Tory and Jack and their further post-pirate adventures in the tropical West Indies back into the public eye. Borrowing a leaf from the Charles Dickens playbook, I posted the entire second novel in the trilogy, Runaways: A Tale of Jonkanoo, in serial chapters online.

In the coming weeks, I'll be posting links to each successive chapter for anyone who wants to follow along. Just doing my bit to provide a little escapism in these anxious times. Nothing to join, nothing to buy, no passwords required. Just follow the links and enjoy!

Click http://runaways-jonkanoo.blogspot.com/ for the Introduction to the story (including an explanation of "Jonkanoo"). Click http://runaways-jonkanoo.blogspot.com... to launch Chapter 1.

PS: The entire novel is already up, so feel free to binge away if you don't want to wait for my prompts!

Chapter 1 of my novel online, Runaways: A Tale Of Jonkanoo, a sequel to Witch from the Sea.
(As one commenter enthused: " Woo hoo, a knife fight and sex in the first chapter! Love it.")
Enjoy!
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Chapter 2: Playing Jonkanoo. The next installment of my novel online, Runaways: A Tale Of Jonkanoo>/i>, a sequel to Witch from the Sea.
What is Jonkanoo? An annual holiday parade performed by slaves in the West Indian sugar islands in the early 19th Century. For a few days, slaves were allowed to pretend they were free, going about masked and disguised, poking fun at their masters—until the rules of proper "civilized" behavior were clamped down again for another year. A fitting metaphor for my ex-pirate protagonists trying to pass as respectable citizens! (Image: Jonkanoo Parade, Jamaica, 1838)

Chapter 3: ENTER PUNCH. The next installment of my novel online, Runaways: A Tale Of Jonkanoo, a sequel to Witch from the Sea

A third protagonist introduced, an antagonist revealed. Enjoy!

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Chapter 4: CONFESSIONS. The next installment of my novel online, Runaways: A Tale Of Jonkanoo, a sequel to Witch from the Sea

They made an unlikely trio, a tall white man, a bold woman of color, and a small black man with the manner of a lord. https://runaways-jonkanoo.blogspot.co...

Chapter 5: FORTUNE'S FOOLS The next installment of my novel online, Runaways: A Tale Of Jonkanoo, a sequel to Witch from the Sea.

Tory distrusts the cards. "I find I’m less likely to make a fool of myself in the present if I don’t know what Fortune plans for my future." http://runaways-jonkanoo.blogspot.com...

Chapter 6: HARLEQUIN AND COLUMBINE The next installment of my novel online, Runaways: A Tale Of Jonkanoo, a sequel to Witch from the Sea.

"Play a part and the part is what people shall see. The best place to hide is often out in the open." http://runaways-jonkanoo.blogspot.com...

Chapter 7: THE BARRACUDA The next installment of my novel online, Runaways: A Tale Of Jonkanoo, a sequel to Witch from the Sea.
"Keep a sharp lookout, my boy, she’s quite the barracuda! She’s buried three husbands, divorced one and, if memory serves, had one annulled."
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Chapter 8: THE INFERNAL HOLE The next installment of my novel online, Runaways: A Tale Of Jonkanoo, a sequel to Witch from the Sea.
"Do you know what our late Lord Nelson called English Harbour? The ‘infernal hole.’ And I promise you, he didn’t know the half of it!" http://runaways-jonkanoo.blogspot.com...

Chapter 9: HARLEQUIN IN BASSETERRE The next installment of my novel online, Runaways: A Tale Of Jonkanoo,a sequel to Witch from the Sea
"Jack said the Italians called it furioso, performing with such abandon, like crashing chords in music."

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