With a name like Ian Douglass, he can scarcely be anything other than of Scottish descent. A ceilidh (pronounced KAY-lee) is a Gaelic social gathering. Formerly it was focused on storytelling but now it's about music and dance whether traditional, as here, or modern.

( “Ian!” His father’s voice held the same note of irritation it always did when preparing for a family gathering. )

This is something I wrote a while ago but hadn't thought to post here before. An older draft of it was the first story I posted at y!Gallery. It's a contemporary fantasy and has nothing to do with Tales of the Tempest.

The opening scene had been in my head for a long time, but no story came with it until this popped into my head one day and I had to ( Read more... )