Mawgrim

Yes, I managed to pack quite a lot of information into this chapter, both regarding Terry's past and his new job.

Dan is typical of many of the first time general managers I met during my cinema career; worried about what head office will think and trying to make a name for himself so he can move on up. You are so right about the older buildings. At one cinema I worked in there was a particularly unpleasant feeling down one of the screen exits. The manager's dog refused to go down there and the staff used to toss coins to select who'd be the unlucky one to have to check and lock the exit door each night.

Yes, old cinemas were very much like that. The Independent ones still are; both the customers and the staff are real characters.

Back in the projection box, I set about getting the cinema ready to open. As I cleaned the projector, I reflected that maybe it was Colin’s bad vibes that had been getting me down as much as the state of the place. His lack of care and resentment could even be a contributory factor. Hadn’t my mother always said that people made their own luck? Those who expected success often achieved it, while the ones who moaned about their lives and complained nothing ever went right seemed to hurtle from one

Good start to the story. Alec is a very believable character. on the subject of apples it has to be Russets or Cox's Pippins.

I'm really hoping Felicity will get the help she needs soon. Emily may be getting there once she puts two and two together.

Thankyou for all the comments. Watch out next Thursday for a new story, set at the beginning of the Ninth Pass.

Zalna rubbed her fingers again to try and get some warmth and movement back into them. Benden in winter was hard on old bones. Gemalth rarely stirred from her heated couch during those dark, damp months. Both of them longed for spring and sunshine. It was getting more difficult to write these days. The cold stiffened her fingers and there just didn’t seem much to say anymore. Everything exciting in her life was past. She and T’san had led the Weyr for twenty-seven Turns and now it was up to

Zalna woke, clutching at the sleeping furs, her heart racing. Then, as she processed where she was, relaxed again. Beside her, T’san slept on. She had no idea whether it was day or night. All the travelling had scrambled her sense of when exactly she was. Memories of the journey came back in snatches, like dreams. Almost impossible to believe they’d done it and come back safely. As always when just wakened, she checked on Gemalth. Her dragon was sleeping deeply, too. How much had it sa

Very sweet story. Of course snowmen would express their feelings as 'arctically'.

Late the following morning, Zalna stretched and rubbed her back. She’d just finished copying down all of the information they needed. It had taken a couple of hours hard work, during which she’d had time to think about the implications of what had seemed so simple on first hearing. T’san’s enthusiasm was infective, but she had reservations about the plan. They’d both timed it before, but only when it was necessary, such as on the day N’rax and Bidralth went between. That seemed different, someho

He wouldn't seem out of place in a Gothic horror story!

It starts off slowly, although quite a few of the main characters (and the mystery) are introduced in the first 3 chapters.

At last, Hidden Secrets is ready to read. I've spent a long time editing, tweaking and getting it just right (hopefully). It's a paranormal mystery, set in a cinema. The story originated as a NaNoWriMo project, but as part of the process it has been altered and extended. Before I began, I never realised writing a mystery was such hard work. In order to keep track of all the threads, I found I had to make much more detailed notes and outlines than usual. I certainly couldn't have written just a few chapters ahead as I've done for many of my other stories. Anyway, I'll be posting a chapter every Monday (there are 22 chapters). Here's the blurb: Terry Young has just been appointed as chief projectionist in a run-down old cinema. But from day one he has problems. Resentment from the man who thinks he should have got the job. An undeniable attraction toward his general manager, Dan. And the re-awakening of psychic abilities indicating something is hidden under the building. This story is set in 2005, modern enough for there to be mobile phones and Internet access, but still within the timeframe when cinemas like the Regal, with a crew of projectionists running film still existed.

Some people think the worst card that can be drawn in a spread is Death. In any film where a character goes to visit a Tarot reader, it usually foreshadows death or disaster. To be honest, in visual terms, there's no better way to signify an uncertain future than for the wrinkled, scrawny hand of the psychic - always an old woman; the crone syndrome, my mother calls it - turn up a card on which a skeleton armed with a scythe grins up at the querent. Anyone who knows about Tarot, also knows

Terry Young has just been appointed as chief projectionist in a run-down old cinema. But from day one he has problems. Resentment from the man who thinks he should have got the job. An undeniable attraction toward his general manager, Dan. And the re-awakening of psychic abilities indicating something is hidden under the building. This story is set in 2005, modern enough for there to be mobile phones and Internet access, but still within the timeframe when cinemas like the Regal, with a crew of projectionists running film still existed.

Zalna and T'san will never know. I reckon that after Thread didn't return, the other two Weyrs were abandoned. We know that Benden Weyr only had one queen dragon towards the end of the Long Interval and not many dragons, so it was probably a matter of necessity to have them all in one Weyr. Next Dragonriders story will be 'To the Weyr' and follow the story of Jevikel and Kadin, the two boys rescued from Thread just outside Benden Weyr in 'Gone Away, Gone Ahead'. Watch out for another story called 'Hidden Secrets' too - a paranormal mystery.

Presumably the reason the other driver didn't finish them off in some other way was so that it would appear like a hit and run accident, rather than a murder attempt.

It's been frosty overnight the last few days, but it's currently sunny and around 6 degrees Celsius (also in UK).

It might have done, but jumping between times takes a big toll on people. Excessive tiredness and confusion seem to be common symptoms, although some are less affected than others. Plus, as Zalna said, her body would still know she'd lived through all of those hours.

Celia certainly has some issues. She's not a likeable character, but she also evokes a certain amount of sympathy.

The other driver seemed as if he was out to get David -possibly the whole family. I’m intrigued.

I was tempted to end this chapter on a cliffhanger as they made that final jump, 😉

That evening, they made ready for the journey. Although going between didn’t take very long, Zalna knew all too well how repeated jumps through its freezing nothingness chilled to the bone. They would have to stop every now and then to warm up and to be certain they had the next set of coordinates fixed in their mind. Probably the self-same reason those others had done so, particularly with all of the children and old folk they carried. ‘How did W’sir take it?’ she asked. ‘Fine, once I

£17 here in the UK. might even be persuaded to try a pair. I usually buy my underwear in Marks and Spencer. Boring, maybe, but it fits well and doesn't shrink in the wash. All the talk about going commando reminded me of when I was young and had a part time job in a plant hire shop. On a hot summer day a builder came in wearing a very short pair of cut-off jeans. Strangely I can't remember what he came in to hire, but I do remember his balls occasionally slipping beneath the frayed hem of those shorts. My manager wondered why I was taking so long with a customer!