Historical setting: 589 C.E. In the Vosges Mountains The storm starts with distant thunder, the wind, and now curtains of rain are moving across the hilltop in the darkness. I hang a buckskin down from the canopy of thatch over my bed, but the rivulets of rain run between the thatch and the deerContinue reading “Post #33.1, Weds., June 1, 2022”
Category Archives: Serial Fiction
Post #32.13, Tues., May 31, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. In the Vosges Mountains We are sitting here at the table after our meal, and Brother Servant tells us “Father Columbanus is dealing with the bishops of this land over the reports brought back to other abbeys by the Lenten pilgrims. It’s not just our Celtic tonsures they are complainingContinue reading “Post #32.13, Tues., May 31, 2022”
Post #32.12, Thurs., May 26, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. In the Vosges Mountains We’ve released a bird so Brother Servant will know to come for our copying work and maybe bring Ana some baby birds for these boxes. Ana has been in the wood with her little sickle, and come back with bundles of greens. “Dandelions leaves”Continue reading “Post #32.12, Thurs., May 26, 2022”
Post #32.11, Weds., May 25, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. In the Vosges Mountains We have many more things to talk about than chastity and lust, so the wise Ana can capture my imagination in a way that the beautiful Ana is immune. Now we were talking about doctrine. Ana adds, “Daniel said I’d best stick with what I’veContinue reading “Post #32.11, Weds., May 25, 2022”
Post #32.10, Tues., May 24, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. In the Vosges Mountains Were we monks working side-by-side at the benches in a monastery we would ink the approved words copying manuscripts in silence and we would never know one another’s hopes or fears. Here we can talk freely to each other while the Rule of Columbanus is copied,Continue reading “Post #32.10, Tues., May 24, 2022”
Post #32.9, Thurs., May 19, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. In the Vosges Mountains Ana tells of her meeting with Father Columbanus. “The intended healing from my fears had been a dismal failure. All the ancient legends of woman and snake would make me the obvious perpetrator of evil in this. So I’m pretty sure the young monk used theContinue reading “Post #32.9, Thurs., May 19, 2022”
Post #32.8, Weds., May 18, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. In the Vosges Mountains Ana is telling me a terrible story, I would try not to listen if I could. She has been released from the hold of a young monk, by the flailing of her knee. She tells me she was surprised he released her, as he fell. IContinue reading “Post #32.8, Weds., May 18, 2022”
Post #32.7 Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. In the Vosges Mountains Please take care. This post was not written for children to read, even for good readers. Ana is telling me a story I don’t even want to hear. She continues, “I hadn’t known there was ever a physical sign that would tell of the virginityContinue reading “Post #32.7 Tuesday, May 17, 2022”
Post #32.6, Thurs., May 12, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. In the Vosges Mountains Ana continues her story. “Before this rape happened I could see a man’s good health and physical being as a thing of great beauty. I always considered human beings to be wonders of Creation. But then, after the curse I could see nothing but a filthyContinue reading “Post #32.6, Thurs., May 12, 2022”
Post #32.5, Weds., May 11, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. In the Vosges Mountains Ana continues her story, “I wrapped a swelling ankle for a young monk and he set about befriending me, Christian-to-Christian he would say, and we talked about our faith in God. But you know how those conversations can turn. Pretty soon he was telling me ofContinue reading “Post #32.5, Weds., May 11, 2022”
Lazarus Ink 