by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 25, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 38 CHAPTER 16: Arriving in a Different Dun Add I told Baga to leave the boat closed up after we arrived on Dun Add. I spent a while looking about the landing place through the boat itself. I saw the Herald of the Gate waiting pompously for...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 23, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 37 CHAPTER 15: Pairs and Singletons I’d as soon have been someplace else, but in truth it wasn’t hurting me to sit with my back to a tree trunk and my stomach full of good food The big pavilion near the front of the park was where...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 20, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 36 People were feeding into the hall, their feet shuffling. Even though they were trying to be quiet, they made a lot of noise. It was good that Frances had thought to move the bench up. “We got there and the guard wasn’t there,...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 18, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 35 CHAPTER 14: A Different View of Marielles Baga brought the boat to rest in the landing place of Marielles, within arm’s length of where he’d landed when I came here before. I knew before he opened the hatch that things were...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 16, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 34 “I’m staying here for the view,” Baga said. “And I don’t need a woman to keep me from running out on a mate. You women can get in the boat.” I didn’t have time to see how that would play out. I...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 13, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 33 “Look, I think we’d best get out of here,” I said. “We can talk this over in some safer place or we can–” Buck started barking as loud as I’ve ever heard him. I looked up and shouted, “Get in...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 11, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 32 CHAPTER 13: An Unnamed Place, to Begin With Baga called, “We’re here!” and took his hands off the panel he leaned against while he was controlling the boat. I was already up and alert because the boat had warned me we...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 9, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 31 Instead of a throne, there was a polished wooden table. The young fellow sitting behind it had wavy blond hair and a bushy moustache. He didn’t have a beard, though. A beard would’ve helped with his weak chin. The woman was on...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 6, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 30 CHAPTER 12: A View of Marielles It must’ve rained recently because there were puddles on the bare ground I saw through the boat’s open door. The sun was shining now, though. We were in the landing place, where we’d have...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 4, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 29 CHAPTER 11: On the Way Buck wasn’t best pleased when the boat’s door closed behind him. He pressed close to my leg and whined, turning his head like he hoped for a way out. There wasn’t one. The boat reminded him of the...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 2, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 28 CHAPTER 10: Leaving Home I hadn’t really thought of Beune as home while I was growing up here. When I took the Road to Dun Add, I was going to my future, not leaving my past. The last month had made a difference that I didn’t...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 29, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 27 I stretched and smiled at Guntram. “You know?” I said. “We wound up using a lot of that sand Baga loaded. We needed the crystal, but the boat couldn’t use it without the trace atoms to fill in the structure.”...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 27, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 26 After we’d gone over a section, we came out of our trances and looked at what we needed for the repairs. I’d already asked the neighbors about what they had in the way of materials that we might need, and I sent a local...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 25, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 25 CHAPTER 9: A Damsel in Distress “My sister Eloise is very beautiful,” Frances said. “She took after our mother. Eloise isn’t stupid, but I sometimes think that she doesn’t have good sense. She hasn’t...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 22, 2017 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets
The Spark – Snippet 24 I looked at the list again. Nothing stood out, but I didn’t have to depend on my own eyes any more. “Boat,” I said, “rank your missing elements in order of limiting factors.” The list in front of me shook...
