Artemis Wellborn cleared his throat and his voice took on a lecturing tone, “I would judge the length of that monster to be ten feet or more.” Sebastian raised a brow at the animal. Miss LeBlue was closer to correct. The…
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Six Sentence Sunday #7
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Posted in Blood Trilogy book 2, Six Sentence Sunday
Trivia Thursday #6
In Cairo, Egypt in the early 1800s an unmarried man who did not own a female slave was not permitted to rent a house or apartment in most areas. If he could not reside with parents or near relations, a single man without a female…
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Posted in Egypt 1800s, Trivia Thursday
Six Sentence Sunday #6
Dark smoke rose from the wick as cheap blackfish oil fed the flame. She wrinkled her nose at the smell, so different from the fine beeswax candles and clean-burning sperm oil lamps she’d grown up with. Yet she turned up…
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Posted in Blood Trilogy book 2, Six Sentence Sunday
Trivia Thursday #5
White male slaves in Egypt in the early 1800s were called memlooks. Few residents of Cairo, other than very rich Turks, owned memlooks. Eunuchs were even more rare and were generally owned by only the highest ranking Turks. The large majority…
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Posted in Egypt 1800s, Trivia Thursday
Six Sentence Sunday #5
Spurs jangled behind her. Before her a low communal grunt, heavy with hope and longing, rumbled through the crowd. The miners swayed forward as one. The padded end of a staff tapped Willow’s back, prodding with careful but firm insistence. Despite the chill in the morning air,…
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Posted in Six Sentence Sunday, Willowsbrook Series book 1
Trivia Thursday #4
In Cairo, Egypt in the early 1800s households would allot a distinct set of apartments or rooms exclusively for the use of the females of the household, also known as the hareem. No males, other than the master of the family,…
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Posted in Egypt 1800s, Trivia Thursday
Six Sentence Sunday #4
His tongue passed over the sharp tip of one incisor as the siren scent of angry blood danced around him. The man tapped his fist twice against Nicholas’s lapel. “There’s some that’s not to be trifled with, if a gentleman knows…
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Posted in Blood Trilogy book 1, Six Sentence Sunday
Trivia Thursday #3
In Cairo, Egypt in the early 1800s, a slave could be freed by her master verbally before two witnesses or by a written document of emancipation or by being given the certificate of sale from her previous owner. Emancipation might be conferred out of simple…
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Posted in Egypt 1800s, Trivia Thursday
Six Sentence Sunday #3
“Of what value is the word of a skulking animal?” The creature crawled from the shadows, crouching low on human hands and knees. Keeping its pelt-covered body close to the ground, it used the meager height of her sleeping pallet to shield it…
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Posted in Six Sentence Sunday, Willowsbrook Series book 1
Posted in Six Sentence Sunday, Willowsbrook Series book 1
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