HeyJaredAdrian Hallward
Speculative literary fiction: fantasy and sci-fi built on internal logic, exploring ideas that demand attention. Ongoing serials and shorter pieces for readers who like to think while they read.
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Wolf — Chapter Fourteen: A Dragonfly's Wing (opens the original)
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This is Chapter Fourteen, for Chapter One and an index of all chapters, click here.Laurence’s clothes were a little damp when he took them from the chest beneath the tree. Wrapping them in his oil-coated rain cape did not always quite suffice, yet it was the only way to keep them through the colder months.At his office in Clitheroe, he collected his clients’ signatures, sorted the documents, filed the papers; twice he found himself opening his drawers before he could recall what it was he had me
Wolf — Chapter Thirteen: Tea And Umbrage (opens the original)
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This is Chapter Thirteen, for Chapter One and an index of all chapters, click here.The wolf smiled as soon as he caught that sharp tang upon the air, though he kept his keen eyes fixed upon the pair of plump pheasants he had been dogging, lengthening the chase as much as he could through the morning. Indeed, the scent did but quicken his pace. A pity, truly, to bring so sweet a chase to so sudden an end.With one clean pounce he brought down the hen, and his claws swept sideways to dispat
Wolf — Chapter Twelve: Uncontainable (opens the original)
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This is Chapter Twelve, for Chapter One and an index of all chapters, click here.The curled shavings drifted onto the ground beside the stone wall, gathering among a thick mat of coppery hawthorn leaves and the few berries left beneath. They were old berries, long orphaned from their brethren on the branch where Agnes had set her lantern, for it was a rather dark night, lit only by scant stars and the frailest moon. Somewhere near the beck, a jolly family of hedgehogs went snuffling and gruntin
Wolf — Chapter Eleven: Not The Barghest (opens the original)
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This is Chapter Eleven, for Chapter One and an index of all chapters, click here.She wore a tawny riding hood, drawn close to keep the rain from her hair. Laurence approached with measured tread, placing each step with such care as might spare him the misfortune of being heard. His attention moved from the young woman and her gait to the wood surrounding them, and back. The soft wind stirred the leaves, bearing upon it the smell of damp earth.She was in no haste. In fact, there was about
Wolf — Chapter Ten: Splendid And The Gallant (opens the original)
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This is Chapter Ten, for Chapter One and an index of all chapters, click here.“Owt else, Mr Lowell?”“Must I say it every time, Jenny?”Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="email-input" name="email" tabindex="-1" type
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