The second chronicler was a roamer maiden, Fuzzybug Lacejacket, Lace for short. She was sent by the lavender witch to Harpo’s home by the Well of Shells to be his scribe after he had gone blind. Harpo dictated four chronicles to her, and she could not keep herself from adding little comments of her own. […]
I’m going to undertake a series of posts describing the different personalities of the four (so far!) Boadlian chroniclers – Harpo, Lace, Bekka, and Plumly. Here is a thumbnail sketch of Harpsandichord Lambsbottler, Harpo for short. Yes, he was the first chronicler chosen by the lavender witch to tell stories of Boad. He was a […]
At http://www.youtube.com/user/SteveShilstone you will find a complete Boad tale told by me. It’s called ‘Little Hutter’ (That’s her pictured below), and I tell it in five segments, each one just the right length for a bedtime story.
Fleckrunners appear as supporting characters in tales told by all the chroniclers – Harpo, Lace, Bekka and Plumly. They are Blossom Castle dwellers and tend the gate. Their general disposition is described below by Lace in her chronicle, O’TAN’S GATE. A certain mystery about them is revealed much later in the same story. The Quing, […]
Pictured there is the ranger of travel known as Eskar Shard. He played a pivotal role in the Lace chronicle, O’TAN’S GATE. Dosh, the hutkeeper questing to solve random rain riddles, introduces Eskar Shard as she begins to tell her story to Lace and to Frad, the nester musician. “It all began on a cloudless […]
1. BEKKA OF THORNS – published 2. THE CARVEN FLUTE – published 3. RAKARA – published 4. THE WOODLOCK – coming soon 5. THE BLUE HILLS – a tale of retrieval 6. THE WAND – a tale of rests 7. QUEN NIM – a tale of the ridiculous 8. THE SNOWS OF THE CHARBORR FOREST […]
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 […]
Here is the cover art for RAKARA, the third story of The Bekka Chronicles. It will be released on May 17.
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, […]
