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165 - Birthday?

I'm here! I'm here! Here's today's post! I was covered in splotches of soot. Gannara took my armour off and racked it and I was so grateful he'd heated the water for me to wash I almost smiled at him before I remembered and kept my face still. "I have an errand, slave. Clean up and await me." No one expected me to go anywhere and Donaras, at my door almost looked startled when I stepped

[Guest post: -- Karen's warning....

Rather than delete this I'll just modify... I did make it, and Post 165 is up. I will be putting up 166 soon after midnight while I still have internet. Thanks Karen.Karen here to let you know that, due to an interruption in Shirley's Internet service, she won't be able to post tonight. She offers her abject apologies. She hopes to have the situation rectified in time to post

[Guest post: sorry, no EC post due to tech problems]

Karen here to let you know that, due to an interruption in Shirley's Internet service, she won't be able to post tonight. She offers her abject apologies. She hopes to have the situation rectified in time to post tomorrow.Meanwhile, she's changed the site format, and as she was asking me if I liked it, she probably wouldn't mind hearing whether you like it also. Hit the comments. And don't

164 - The Yeoli the Gods have Named Their Own

Here is the journalistic piece so graciously offered by Karen, after the art log. Thanks again, Karen.___________________________________________ ]]art log 4975 12 16 0731 Wendy: "He's making himself out to be evil. It isn't funny!"]]art log 4975 12 16 0731 Ndidi: "The toxins might have already done damage."]]art log 4975 12 16 0731 Answe: "The Aans are quite resistant to those amalgams."_____

Another little bonus

Dreams SpeakDreams speak on silent lips eyes flash lids narrow. We are our breaths our heartbeats in silence even as thunder roars in our bones. Meditative we reach to oversoul, so large and there we speak resonating like plucked strings up and down the lives of our crystal selves. -- August 2009

A different short story

Dosvedanya Kaptain "Listen you bag of glue, you are going to show me what to do or I will feed you to our starving loyal soldiers." The low Russian voice made the threat more vicious to the prisoner of war. "I have you in that shape and you will be my loyal steed and carry me through the rest of this war and you will be released a man. You need to show me on this verdammt map how to get the

Author's Note

I'm not succeeding well on this post tonight... if I don't manage to post tonight, I'll post tomorrow. It's a problem I have... sorry.

163 - Investigator to the Imperium

My dearest Ela, Even if I will not actually be allowed to send this, I find enormous comfort in writing it. We have now acquired more paper so I shall indulge myself, though I shall write small. Perhaps one day I will be able to let you know what happened. I have never in my life been so glad you pestered me to teach you how to read, despite father suspecting us. For a woman

162 - The Gods Choose

Note: A journalistic piece will be added at a later date. I want to thank Karen in advance for taking time out of her busy schedule to offer me this story.______________________________________ SHEFENKAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES TEN TENS! I stared down at the headline as if it were staring back at me. The whole front page was devoted to it; in fact most of the Pages was devoted to stories

161 - Capers

I was allowed to rest in bed for three whole days, with lessons from Ailadas continuing. That helped me feel better. I was less bored. Ailadas mentioned to me that Matthas had been sent out for more news and supplies. There had been a number of successful hunts by others so there was venison and wild goat on the menu now. The trained Mahid had found wild tubers, vegetables, and grains