HIM, “Lose You Tonight”
Happy Monday. I’m back.
I’ll have a new chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door up this week, hopefully on Wednesday.
I hope that you all remain safe and healthy over the holiday.
Have an excellent week.
Author: Madeline Crane
Fantasy writer, tabletop gamer, wearer of hats.
Song of the Week
Kate Bush, “Lily”
Happy Monday! Please enjoy this song.
I’ve managed to catch a hopefully non-Covid related cold, so there probably won’t be a new chapter this week. I hope you’ll forgive me.
Have an excellent week.
The Book of the New Moon Door: Chapter Eight
Wryght
“I found this, under the bed,” says Isabel, concluding her retelling of the previous evening’s events to Brother Risoven. She hands him the lacquered bead before standing to gather the breakfast dishes.
Risoven holds up the bead and moves his lenses in and out from his face with the other hand. His owlish eyes squint and blink. Finally, he lowers both hands, turning the small object between his fingers.
“It’s a prayer bead,” he says, with equal measures of confidence and confusion.
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Dermot Kennedy, “Glory”
Once again, we’re back to Monday. The work continues, but I hope that the results of this past week eases the burden of it.
The plan is to have the next chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door up on Wednesday. In the meantime, feel free to poke around the Stories and Modules tabs for some escapism.
Have an excellent week.
The Book of the New Moon Door: Chapter Seven
The Old Ghost
She’s starting to think of it as real, this demon of legend, like a living thing she’s searching for in the dark corners of the city. Isabel sits back on the heels of her well-worn travel boots, letting her skirts fall around her and bringing the arm not holding the lantern in toward her chest. It’s cold, and the wind blows freely through the open aperture of the lighthouse. On the positive side, however, the temperature keeps the body from reeking after what looks like a couple of hours since death.
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…but it might not be until Friday. Or possibly the weekend. Yesterday was a long day, and it looks like it’s going to be a long week.
Hang in there, take care of yourself, and I will be back with more things to read soon!
Song of the Week
Sam Lee and Daniel Pemberton, “The Devil and the Huntsman”
It’s Monday.
Have you voted yet? In many states, it’s too late to mail in your absentee ballot. Find an official collection box or go vote in person. Wear your mask! May you all be safe and your voices be heard.
I’m working a full shift as an election inspector tomorrow, so I am going to try to get the next chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door ready before then so it can go up on time on Wednesday. If I can’t manage that, it may go up later in the week. I’ll post an update if anything changes.
Good luck and have an excellent week.
The Book of the New Moon Door: Chapter Six
The Lighthouse
Lucian Warder.
Isabel examines the record. The date beside Warder’s name is today’s, the twenty-first of Isra’s Moon. He must have gone to the library this morning, after word of the murder in the Shell District spread. Nothing unusual about that. Anyone would be curious—Isabel was, after all.
Still, it’s strange that she’s run into him twice in such a short time, and stranger still that he sought her out after everything that had happened last night. What did he say his device did? Banish restless spirits, rather like she does? What she does isn’t banishment, but that’s only the first of many problems she has with the concept of Warder’s device.
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Cat Stevens/Yusuf, “Morning Has Broken”
Happy Monday!
First, a request: if you’re in the US and it’s at all possible for you, vote early. Here are some resources for different states.
I’ll be back on Wednesday with a new chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door. While Berend has been dealing with the haunting in the Belisia estate, Isabel continues to investigate what happened to Mikhail.
Have an excellent week.
Song of the Week
Kamelot, “Abandoned”
Happy Monday!
Do you have a plan to vote, US friends?
No new chapter this week; I have some work to catch up on and need to outline the next arcs. I will see you soon.
Stay safe, and have an excellent week.
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