Love the first one with the haunting repetition of "King's Man." And then the "men do not care to hear . . ." line in After Such Knowledge. And that last bit of Misere --! *bows in awe* Your writing is utterly beautiful. Very few people can do such fantastic drabbles.

Hi Altariel,

Lovely stuff. I'm never disappointed by your stories! I'm no classical scholar, but remember from my reading of Asterix (none other!) the phrase "sic transit gloria mundi"!

Let's have more of 'em. Could we have a nice big juicy novel please?

cheers,
nrink

These short pieces say so much...
..."Later, he will tell the tale differently." -- I don't know, that line... !
I could read this again and again, and still find a hundred little things to enjoy.