After a summer of writing (and a third of the fall), I've finished enough of my current WIP to submit it as a 4-part series. There's something about committing to let someone else judge my work that gives me a terrifying, exhilarating adrenaline rush.
The story is called "Servant of the Seasons." Edor is an architect driven from his safe, ordered dome into the wilderness of a post-apocalyptic landscape, a landscape of dead land, desperate people, and mysterious gangs of Salters that terrorize the population.
After months of travel, Edor finds an abandoned riverside farm and passes a miserable, hungry winter. Spring brings dubious salvation in the form of a neighbor, Varas, who offers to help Edor learn the ways of farming. When Edor manages to harvest a modest crop, Varas offers to market it for him in the nearest settlement, and return with a beast of burden for Edor. Reluctantly, Edor agrees, and Varas disappears with Edor’s crop – and life – in his hands.
But when the creepy Varas returns, it's not with a farm animal, but with a pair of slaves, the strangest men the sheltered Edor has ever seen. As strange as Edor's new companions are, they changes they wreak on the land are stranger still, and mysteries stack up as the seasons turn. I posted a
little snip from the first part, "Autumn" (can you guess what parts 2, 3, and 4 are called?) a while back about what happens when Edor decides to free them from their slavery, and now...
I don't know what will happen (with the submission -- I know what happens in the story <grin>). Naturally I'm hoping for the best, but in any event it's a nice way to start a new month, ready to turn my attention to a new project. So wish me (good) luck!!
Cheers,
Lee
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