The Arch Lion of Ibble appears in an ancient Harpo chronicle, The Acrotwist Clown. He is, in fact, Harpo’s brother, Pepperhead Beanpackage. His first appearance in the tale is posted below. Out on to the swaying rope bridge, wind howling, huge galones Ohhhhhhhhhing, inched Prince Dale, Jemby and Malvina. Prince Dale tried to fall twice, […]
One of Harpo’s chronicles, much admired and often acted out by Bek and Kar, is The Great Green Va. In it, a young hutkeeper accompanies the Princess Ivah Skay on an adventure to the mountains of Skrabble and to the underground river, Sharumin, Coil of Gold, and to a final destination in the hills of […]
In FAN WA, Harpo’s first chronicle, the Lord High Dulcimer plays an active supporting part. As Lovey, the Princess With The Lovely Foot, gives her blessing to Gorge, the 3-toed troll, the Lord High Dulcimer demonstrates his role in the excerpt below. The Princess advanced, hop, hop, hop, her head held high and her eyebrows, […]
Pink windwhirls play prominent parts in 2 chronicles, Harpo’s THE WELL OF SHELLS and Bekka’s THE BLUE HILLS. Below the sketch is a description taken from Harpo’s THE WELL OF SHELLS. It tells of the windwhirl’s first appearance before a pair of witchlet sisters. A spatter rattle drumming of hail sounded on the chack branch […]
In RAKARA, the soon to be published third story in The Bekka Chronicles, Bek and Kar undertake an adventure in direct response to a challenge from an immortal, Dak the Jroon, pictured below as he appeared in THE LEDGEMOON, a tale of twins floating on a raft in the Wide Great Sea and told in […]
An inspiration to Bekka of Thorns was Bandy, a bramble dwarf, or bendo dreen, who a thousand years and more before Bekka’s time dared to leave the safety and security of the bramble bower hedge to seek adventure. Below the sketch of Bandy I’ve posted the first chronicler Harpo’s thumbnail description of the daring bendo […]
The mad hutter, Jugglor, appears in a few chronicles, notably LITTLE HUTTER and THE ACROTWIST CLOWN. Below him is an excerpt from THE ACROTWIST CLOWN. “Welcome! Welcome! Come up now! Come along! Step lively! Come in! Come in! Come in! What can I get you? Anything? You look hungry! I can fix that in a […]
Maz of the East, a Rumin dragonwing, appears in one chronicle, WOEFUL WANDERERS’ WASTELAND. Her entrance into the story is recorded below. A storm of dragonwings whirred above Bodgy and Blinky. Fat. Short. Tall. Thin. Some wore sleeved tunics and leggers. Others were clothed in leggers and vests. Emerald green and flapping, they rained onto […]
That particular Dragon staring at you has a good part to play in BABBLING JAM HATRACK, an early chronicle written by Harpo. Feel free to read Harpo’s introduction to the Dragon. An ordinary dragon is a scaly monster with wings and claws. An ordinary dragon can breathe fire any time it feels the urge. An […]
Queen Amzo of Clover takes center stage in one small piece of one story, ZOM FALBU. She’s offstage and important in many others. Below her picture is the description of her first meeting with the time-traveling shapeshifter, Zom Falbu. You possess a brightness, roamer. I understand now with a better clear why you are a […]
