Techno Aphrodite

"Inspired by the mystique and sophistication of Stephanie, our very own beautiful Feline Fantasy."

“DJ Stephanie…is DJ Stephanie doing a set here tonight?”“Ah Stephanie, no, no. Tomorrow, nine o’clock. You come back then.”Mick smiled and blinked hard as he looked at the man’s glistening, dark brown eyes. Eyes set into a hairy, brown Aegean...

A.S.C. 1690

"Belinda's life is changed forever one day in Brooklyn."

“Excuse me.”Belinda turned to see the pleasant, broadly smiling face of an old woman. She smiled back.“You dropped something dear,” the woman said quietly.“Oh?”“Yes, I think it was a postage stamp. Stamps are quite expensive you know, you should look...

 Although the desert sands stretch farBeyond the silent, pale horizon,Their immensity is as nothingTo the new-born damselfly.For fear and anguish are to her unknown,Above the desert’s vastness all alone.- The Canticle of Menkeret. We are captives; bound and almost blind, Jaano...

Sonnet On a Journey

"Strange what little things you find at the bottom of old boxes when you tidy up..."

Sonnet On a Journey Be still O rolling waves and hearThe happy telling of my love,And you frail craft that homeward steer,Let go the driving winds above!Now all you brethren of the sea,Stay a while and follow meFor what I tell is true...

Claudia Incarnata…Part IV

"The mystery of Claudia's beautiful new house on the shores of the Mediterranean deepens"

 Hast thou heard the butterfliesWhat they say betwixt their wings?Or in stillest eveningsWith what voice the violet woosTo his heart the silver dews? - Tennyson, Adeline. Claudia awoke and saw that the sun was already well above the horizon. The view...

Claudia Incarnata…Part II

"Claudia experiences more of the mysteries of her grandmother's house."

 How oft we saw the sun retire,And burn the threshold of the night,Fall from his ocean lane of fire,And sleep beneath his pillar’d light!- Tennyson, The Voyage.Carlo stayed with Claudia at Tintamare for a week. Far from being an idle...

Claudia Incarnata…Part I

"Claudia is heir to her grandmother's house and all of its mysteries."

 The ethereal power pursues souls to the sea, the sea spits them up onto the threshold of the earth, the earth into the light of the bright sun and the sun hurls them into the whirling ether.- Empedocles of Akragas...

The Slave Princess….. Chapter 7

"The Continuing adventures of Kayla the sorceress in the land of Darrakhai."

 The moon watches usFrom between white autumn clouds.So silent and serene is she,That I hold you close my lover,Lest you fall beneath her spell.- The Canticle of MenkeretJaano’s smile is deliciously charming and the merest hint of it gives me...