Stories by AB
Retirement
AB has decided to retire, certainly for the present, from authorship. His writing career here has been excellent, the more so since he writes in a language which is not his mother tongue. Long ago we forgave some unusual spellings and phrasings, none of which have affected the enjoyment of his imagination and his tales.
His two remaining tales will run to conclusion, one after the other
His personal circumstances are his property, but his retirement has been caused by joy and happiness. His email bounces now, and he has become a private person.
As owner and editor of this site I think I speak for all readers in wishing him well for the future. I also thank him for telling me at the start of January 2018 rather than just fading away. I would have worried about him otherwise as I worry about many other authors who have simply gone dark.
timmy
Webmaster
12 January 2018
Short Stories
- Walk in the Park (Posted 1 March 2015)
Brave Lake Manor
[All chapters complete]
Four Brothers, now orphans, find themselves making a fresh start in a new place. What will life throw their way? Friendship, love, sorrow, all and much more is in store for them in Brave Lake Manor.
- Dramatis Personæ (Posted 15 February 2015)
- Chapter 1 (Posted 15 February 2015)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 17 February 2015)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 18 February 2015)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 19 February 2015)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 21 February 2015)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 22 February 2015)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 23 February 2015)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 25 February 2015)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 27 February 2015)
- Epilogue (Posted 28 February 2015)
An interview and review of this story appears here.
The Chronicles of Valana
A three volume saga
Volume 1: Shadowlands
[Volume 1 has 16 chapters]
Two boys from Manhattan, NYC, a prophesy and more adventure than they could bargain for when they discover they are not really from Earth but from a land full of magic, deception, lore and mystery. Their story is but a short excerpt from the Chronicles of Valana.
- Map of the lands (Posted 29 July 2015)
- Chapter 1 (Posted 29 July 2015)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 31 July 2015)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 3 August 2015)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 5 August 2015)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 7 August 2015)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 10 August 2015)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 12 August 2015)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 14 August 2015)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 17 August 2015)
- Chapter 10 (Posted 17 August 2015)
- Chapter 11 (Posted 21 August 2015)
- Chapter 12 (Posted 24 August 2015)
- Chapter 13 (Posted 26 August 2015)
- Chapter 14 (Posted 28 August 2015)
- Chapter 15 (Posted 18 September 2015)
- Chapter 16 (Posted 21 September 2015)
Volume 2: Elaria's Bane
[Volume 2 has 15 chapters]
Forty years have passed, there have been no news from Dara for over twenty years, the humans of Elaria, the continent to the south, are petitioning the Kingdoms of Valana for a war against the Orkhavocs and the Orkhavocs seem to be amassing to the desert sands east of the Serpent's Bastion. Darkness stirs to the south and the Dark Generals are out and about and Aer'andil has decided to visit an old friend. Little does he know of what awaits him in Dara as Oghelle beckons him to go south.
- Map of the Lands (Posted 9 May 2016)
- Chapter 1 (Posted 9 May 2016)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 16 May 2016)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 23 May 2016)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 30 May 2016)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 20 June 2016)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 27 June 2016)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 4 July 2016)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 11 July 2016)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 26 July 2016)
- Chapter 10 (Posted 29 July 2016)
- Chapter 11 (Posted 1 August 2016)
- Chapter 12 (Posted 2 August 2016)
- Chapter 13 (Posted 3 August 2016)
- Chapter 14 (Posted 4 August 2016)
- Chapter 15 (Posted 5 August 2016)
Volume 3:Open Doom
[Volume 3 has 11 chapters and the Epilogue to all three volumes]
Ten thousand years have passed. The church of ascension growing out of Oghelle and Elaria after the last great war is now trying to expand into Valana. A Bishop of the Church, chosen of the Immortal Spirit has been sent to Gel'anr to request permission from High-King Aer'andil to open a chapel in the Elven isles. Dara has closed its borders for the past ten thousand years, the Orkhavocs have been silent for more than half that time and Aer'andil's youngest has run away from Gel'anr.
- Map of the Lands (Posted 15 January 2018)
- Chapter 1 (Posted 15 January 2018)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 17 January 2018)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 19 January 2018)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 22 January 2018)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 24 January 2018)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 26 January 2018)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 29 January 2018)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 31 January 2018)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 2 February 2018)
- Chapter 10 (Posted 5 February 2018)
- Chapter 11 (Posted 7 February 2018)
- Epilogue (Posted 9 February 2018)
Catch Me If I Fall
[A story in 11 chapters]
Young Andronicus had trusted the wrong person, when young. Romanos was betrayed by the townsfolk and his nephew Vasilis wants to help both. their stories wait for someone to listen to them as their fates converge.
- Chapter 1 (Posted 26 November 2015)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 27 November 2015)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 28 November 2015)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 29 November 2015)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 30 November 2015)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 2 December 2015)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 4 December 2015)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 7 December 2015)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 9 December 2015)
- Chapter 10 (Posted 11 December 2015)
- Epilogue (Posted 14 December 2015)
Star Wars: Darklight
[A story in 27 chapters]
The New Republic has stood for three thousand years but now the Sith Order launch a new attack under the command of Darth Solus, apprentice to Darth Incendius, The Republic falls after losing fight after fight, lost in their bureaucracy. When Tython is attacked young Padawan Tern Amargo has to escape the temple and find a way to survive in a galaxy full of treachery, deceit and conflict. Tern must find new friends, make alliances, unite the Republic remnant Factions and finish his training in the ways of the Force or the Sith onslaught will bring about a new age of darkness and despair upon the Galaxy.
- Chapter 1 (Posted 6 August 2016)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 7 August 2016)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 8 August 2016)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 10 August 2016)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 12 August 2016)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 15 August 2016)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 17 August 2016)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 19 August 2016)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 22 August 2016)
- Chapter 10 (Posted 24 August 2016)
- Chapter 11 (Posted 26 August 2016)
- Chapter 12 (Posted 29 August 2016)
- Chapter 13 (Posted 31 August 2016)
- Chapter 14 (Posted 2 September 2016)
- Chapter 15 (Posted 5 September 2016)
- Chapter 16 (Posted 7 September 2016)
- Chapter 17 (Posted 9 September 2016)
- Chapter 18 (Posted 12 September 2016)
- Chapter 19 (Posted 14 September 2016)
- Chapter 20 (Posted 16 September 2016)
- Chapter 21 (Posted 19 September 2016)
- Chapter 22 (Posted 21 September 2016)
- Chapter 23 (Posted 23 September 2016)
- Chapter 24 (Posted 26 September 2016)
- Chapter 25 (Posted 28 September 2016)
- Chapter 26 (Posted 30 September 2016)
- Chapter 27 (Posted 3 October 2016)
T5A
[A story in 16 chapters]
When Triton sees the hooded boy for a second time he decides to follow him, something about the boy intrigues him, his mysteriousness, his weird messenger's bag, his shy yet confident pose. Triton follows him off the tram and into an event that changes both their lives.
- Chapter 1 (Posted 12 February 2018)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 16 February 2018)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 19 February 2018)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 21 February 2018)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 23 February 2018)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 26 February 2018)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 28 February 2018)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 2 March 2018)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 5 March 2018)
- Chapter 10 (Posted 7 March 2018)
- Chapter 11 (Posted 9 March 2018)
- Chapter 12 (Posted 12 March 2018)
- Chapter 13 (Posted 14 March 2018)
- Chapter 14 (Posted 16 March 2018)
- Chapter 15 (Posted 19 March 2018)
- Chapter 16 (Posted 21 March 2018)