Jae Erwin's Blog, page 5
September 20, 2013
Jarl: excerpt from Kinless Book One of Two (Somewhat gory, not for the faint-hearted)
The Erisyan archer Jarl Bearclaw fought the urge to vomit at the stench rising from the Vascanar torture pits. The acid taste was part of his penance for another’s mistake, a penance that forced him to gaze upon men ripped … Continue reading →
September 13, 2013
Marisa: excerpt from Kinless Book One of Two (to be published on September the 30th 2013)
In the light of the dawn, mist rose from the River Falas and curled over the meadows. Tendrils of moisture pillowed against the bases of the beehives until they looked like mountaintops above clouds. Marisa desainLegan calmed the bees with … Continue reading →
September 12, 2013
Soul Wounds Part 14
River bounded across the last part of the meadow and launched his front paws up to Ciaran’s shoulders, his long, pink tongue draping out of the side of his wide smile. He slurped a lick along Ciaran’s jawline, dropped to … Continue reading →
Drustan: excerpt from Kinless Book One of Two (to be published on September the 30th 2013)
The second excerpt from Stephen Godden’s imminent release. Drustan Drustan desainCoid wiped another man’s blood from his eyes. Gods, it was hot. Not yet noon and still the sun beat down upon the ragged shieldwall holding the ridge. The grass … Continue reading →
September 2, 2013
Eirane and Belina: excerpt from Kinless Book One of Two (to be published on September the 30th 2013)
The author, Stephen Godden, is a Firedance Books colleague, a wonderful writer and an all-round good-guy (although he’ll shuffle uncomfortably if you mention it). His time and encouragement was critical for my own writing career. I’ll post subsequent chapters, introducing … Continue reading →
August 29, 2013
Woman: Bra #1
A collection of stories about women, for women, of all different ages, the kind of things that we might once have talked about when different generations of women were closer. Bra #1 Abi flicked through the tiny packages of teenage-bras … Continue reading →
August 16, 2013
Margaret Batty
I wrote this piece during a poetry workshop. The exercise set was to pick a name from cemetery headstones and imagine that person’s comparison between their lifetime and life now. Margaret Batty was alive in the mid-1700s. Licence and attribution … Continue reading →
August 14, 2013
Free – Chapter 2 Stillness Dancing
Photo by Prilfish Creative Commons attribution license http://www.flickr.com/photos/silkebar... Chapter 2 Present Day Sweat trickled down Lilliane’s back despite the cooling fans. She eased her lilac cheesecloth shirt away, hoping a tell-tale patch hadn’t formed. Some chance. ‘Can you see her?’ Two … Continue reading →
Free – Chapter 1 Stillness Dancing
Photo by Prilfish Creative Commons attribution license http://www.flickr.com/photos/silkebar... Chapter 1 Two months earlier An ache pulsed from the base of his throat to the pit of his belly. Karim, sitting against the wall of their home, waited to hear his … Continue reading →
August 12, 2013
Stillness Dancing – Official Release Day
Lilliane has always been drawn by the desert — its emptiness, its eerie beauty and its people. When she takes the trip of a lifetime to a Bedu camp, she finds herself ensnared in a complex web of politics, blood … Continue reading →
