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Caladbolg

           Kevin stood glued to his spot, the panel of mirrors across from the weight machines reflecting his  expression.  He looked like one of those bewildered cartoon characters, his mouth and eyes...

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The Black Knight Leads

             It took them a better part of an hour to come to some type of decision as to to whom they would tell, and what they'd reveal.  As far as Beckett was concerned, he'd already said too much,...

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Cabin Bound

            Cabin Bound        There just wasn't enough time.  Simply not enough hours in the day.  Not when you had the long list of responsibilities he had.  A two week vacation for a Church Pastor...

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Of Journeys and Journals

Maureen starts a journal        Five pairs of eyes stared at the image, flipping back and forth from the cell phone screen, to the view through the car's windshield.  Beckett rolled downed the windows,...

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Spinning The Web

            The front security gate was not the only part of the property that appeared to have suffered the effects of...dare they say it...enchantment.  All of the foliage seemed to have taken on a...

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Too Sad

Our hearts are broken, our house and our lives a lot lonelier. Friday night, we lost our darling, little Westie Bonnie. (Bonnie is the puppy wearing blue) She was recently diagnosed with a possible...

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Family

         He pointed to the rocking chair, and for a second she thought about refusing, her head running the possibility of changing the subject.  But the look on his face told her there'd be no getting...

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Meeting Maeve

            He was awake long before the alarm on his cellphone blared a rousing version of Mendel's Hallelujah Chorus.  Years of early morning Mass had helped to set his inner biological clock, and he...

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Of Kilts and Cu-Chulainn

                A huge gourmet breakfast was probably the wrong thing to enjoy before a tough physical training session, but if the Black Knight thought so, he didn't say.  Maureen had out done...

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A Contract...And A Wager

                                Cu-Chulainn's reputation                  The Queen waved her hand, and the strange man lifted off his one knee, coming to stand in front of the tree she was perched on....

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The Black Knight is Schooled

     The Lord Warrior finished his conversation with the Fairy Queen, then turned to face both women, gifting them with his finest smile. Bowing low at the waist, he reached out and took Maureen's hand...

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Of Love...and Other Diseases

         The immense size of Beckett's property made solitude easy, though Fr. Kevin knew that if She Who Was All required him, he'd be found in an instant.  Still, his flight gave him some level of...

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Of Magic and Mayhem

                                               The whole damn dinner was a disaster.  No. Not a disaster.  Worse than that.  More like a debacle.  Maureen scraped most of a perfect chocolate souffle...

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Owen and Omens

                                     He swung the wooden sword in an arc across his left shoulder, countering the flat of his opponent's weapon and heaving it away, only to have the man double up and...

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A Toast To His Lady

                  Beckett ignored her, instead loading a canvas bag with the wooden swords, poles and other training equipment, and throwing them with such force that the sound of splintered wood...

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Family Ties and Outright Lies

        She leaned back against the tree branch, showing no sign of the relief she felt at his departure.  The subterfuge had grown tiresome.  Complicated.  It was the way of things with Mortals, an...

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Fools For Love

             He was in that foggy, heavy-limbed, post-coital twilight when he heard it.  A rustle here.  A snapped twig there.  In any other time and place, it might have been mistaken for the wind...

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The 'Hook' of Revelations

        The Lord Warrior was the only one who returned from lunch in anything resembling good humor.  Fr. Kevin held himself stiffly off to the left side of the training area, cleaning the blades of...

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Of Fathers and Fruitful Union

              Five pairs of eyes stared at him, waiting for some kind of reaction.  Were they kidding? What did they expect him to say about a notion so fucking ridiculous, it didn't deserve a...

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Messenger

           The Fairy Queen's departure left them with lots to think about, and very little to say.  Ian had tried to get them all interested in a game of gin rummy, but it was obvious that minds were...

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Of Mia, Magic and Murder

                The new day was officially under way by the time the raven reached central Boston.  It flew straight west toward the North End, landing near the basement window of the the old...

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Until Death Do Us Part

                 Beckett took a fighting stance, his right hand over his left on the pommel with knees slightly bent, and waited for Owen to do the same.  To his growing confusion, the young magician...

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Into the Light, and Back Again

          Maybe he was dreaming.  At least he thought he might be.  It was hard to know for sure based on the experiences of the past several weeks.  His body felt pounds lighter, and when he looked...

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Of Endings and Beginnings

                             She was right of course.  They all did feel much better the following morning.  Physically. Fairy magic could do little to dispel the haunting images their brains played...

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With Heart Felt Thanks...

                              Dear Readers...       Last week's post was aptly titled "Of Endings and Beginnings".  As it was for Fr. Kevin and the gang, so it is for me...the door closed on one...

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