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. )

Part three of "The Secret Oasis". +10 internets to whoever can identify the homage to a well-known manga.

( It was easy enough to pick up their traces from just behind the dune ridge. )

Part two of "The Secret Oasis".

( Two weeks later we had left winter behind. )

About time I posted something, isn't it?

It might look as if I've labored mightily and brought forth a gnat here, but the truth is I haven't been working on my writing as hard as I should. I still have stories to tell, but it's been hard to gather the creative energy I need to get them out. Hopefully, with this one out of the way, the next will go ( Read more... )

The conclusion of Colder than Ice, Hotter than Flame.

( He led us to where a gully bounded by tall, rocky cliffs forked off the valley. )

Part 3.

( The cuts on Kit’s face healed slowly as such things go for him )

Part 2

( We breakfasted with Wei-fu and took our leave shortly before sunrise. )

This is the first story I completed for Tales of the Tempest and posted to y!Gallery. engine_red pestered me in her nice way to get one done, and it was the closest to being finished of any of the stories I'd yet begun. It takes place about 5 years after Along the Forest Road and brings Kitaro and Tamarick back to Lipak.

It was for exactly that reason that I ( Read more... )

I'm not very sure of this one, but I've kept the person I promised it to waiting long enough.

David and Kuro belong to engine_red , and can be seen being very silly in this meme at her dA account. They're (probably) not a couple in canon, but Sora wanted a yaoi fanfic for them, so here we are. I hope it's something like what she was after and that they look ( Read more... )

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... )