This Time

I've had this fragmentary story idea running around my head for some time so I thought I'd write it and share it with all of you. He sat across the campfire and watched as its coarse, uneven light touched her. It swept along that soft cheek, that proud chin he knew so well, even as … Continue reading This Time

The Bride of Lammermoor and the Problem of Expectations

Having only read Ivanhoe out of the many novels written by Sir Walter Scott, I wanted to try another one, so I read through the descriptions and chose The Bride of Lammermoor. It is supposedly very different from his other works, both in style and length, being fairly short. Many people commented about how amusingly … Continue reading The Bride of Lammermoor and the Problem of Expectations