Mum's Journal

This is a story that I have been writing since I was a teenager.  Although the characters generally remain the same, the storyline keeps changing.  It’s almost as if I’m not sure which direction I want it to take.  Anyway, this was just an idea that sprung to mind recently.  I don’t know if I’ll [...]

Kyle’s chest ached as he drew in deep, chill breaths of the cold night air. When he realised Kyllen had fallen, he scrambled up one of the trees and waited until the attackers had run past beneath him. Kyllen was not with them and the hooked-nose man had disappeared. With the coast clear, Kyle climbed [...]

Yuriko had been sitting on the rock until she fell asleep. She did not even know when she finally gave in to the blissful oblivion of sleep. After a while, even sleep did not give her the respite she so desperately wanted, for she began to dream. In her dream she was in a place [...]

Sir Bevin entered the tavern weary from a long day’s ride. He was eager for a hot meal and a warm bed. He was due back at the night’s chapterhouse the following day, but for now, his only thoughts were to fill his empty stomach and rest his weary body. The tavern bar was dingy [...]

Dawn was breaking over the horizon when Yuriko stopped to set up camp by a brook. After Akira’s capture, she had returned quickly to the tavern to collect their belongings and left the city. It was far better for her to stick to the forests than to remain in the city where she might be [...]