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Posts published in May 2016

Be careful what you wish for

Norbert sat upon a splintery crate on the dock nursing a bottle of ginger beer, even at three AM, the heat and humidity of a…

The Forgotten Child: Reflections

  The bath was a welcome moment of clarity and silence to the rushed events of the morning.  Beryl grit their teeth as the initial…

Themeing

So I started playing around with underscores again to start a new “babbage” theme and was thinking if we wanted to be responsive (like work…

The Eyre Affair – June Babbage Book Discussion

The first installment in Jasper Fforde’s New York Times bestselling series of Thursday Next novels introduces literary detective Thursday Next and her alternate reality of…

Restoring Efficency

Professor Neige Quinn arrived shortly after his introductory letter, but few had the opportunity to see him about the city.  His tasks had left him…

The Forgotten Child: Myrtil’s Plan

   Bookworm Heinrichs sat on her windows perch in a comfortable dress reading at her leisure.  Though swamped with bad news and work on her…

Prologue: The Forgotten Child

   The grimy cobbles felt like slick stones bathed in thin mud to Beryl as they ran through the city before the morning sun turned…

Russ’ Tales: Fort in the Burren 2

I was awoken by cold water splashing onto my face. “Wakeup!” shouted a harsh voice. I felt something strike my face. Opening my eyes, I…