The animal within
The outside of the temple was plain. It'd been constructed from stone hundreds of years ago, and the outside walls were plain. No decoration, no carvings, no ivy or other plants growing up the sides. The interior, however . . . The interior walls...
Crossing the Rubicon ch. 1
_{"Is there life on Mars?" - David Bowie.}_ \*\* [Previously, in Crossing the Rubicon (prologue), Duncan, a 32 year-old Pit Bull, recruited Jack, a 25 year-old Great Dane . . . for an Adventure. Neither of them would call it that. Duncan has found...
The way forward
There were dogs in the tall grass. After the cave, the path widened considerably. On both sides of the path, that tall grass - it was taller than me, so it stood at least six feet high. It was thick, dense, forming a natural wall of green foliage. I...
Albion chapter 6
The smoke from ten identical funeral pyres rose up and up, into the cool morning air. High above, in the sky, the sun slid gracefully behind a cloud, as if to impart a sense of gloom on what was happening far below. Sister Victoria, abbess of the...