SWORDS AND SORCERY SATURDAYS
I always forget what the title of the Saturday fantasy release is, so I just make a name up and hope for the best...
I’m only putting up chapters of my serial that have been published before...
Today, I’m putting up the Table of Contents. I took out the page numbers because as I edit, they keep changing. I’ll go back when I’m finished with my edits and fill in the blanks. In the meantime, I’ve brought a few more readers on board and I’d like to welcome you and show you what we have to read in the PAYWALLED section of my Substack.
First of all, it’s cheap. I mean, $30 Canadian for the year? That’s cheap. I can’t go any cheaper. Or you can go $10/month? But this is what I have to offer PAID subscribers. The book itself is complete. I’m going through it, doing edits. I’m going to send it out looking for an agent, and then looking for a publisher, before resorting to my own funds and publishing it myself.
But I can’t really do that without your help.
I’ve gone up and down with my numbers — lost a few PAID subscribers, and then gained another — but in general, I’m bringing in a whopping $50/month. I had to spend some of that money to publish my novel THE BASHFUL COURTESAN.
So this is the serial in its entirety.
I designed the shield myself and made it with Ai. I know, a lot of you don’t agree with using Ai, but I don’t care. I wanted to be an artist/animator when I was a kid, and used to draw stuff like that when I was much younger. But like everything else, if you don’t use it, you lose it. I approach Ai as a tool. I don’t use it for practical purposes. A lot that I’ve come up with I don’t use with my story. I borrow my pictures from Pinterest. I do like that picture though. However, I will have to make improvements on it by making the so-called “Celtic” Knots behind the dragon, into proper Celtic Knots…or maybe make them into roses.
Anyway, take a look at the Table of Contents, and if the story looks interesting, upgrade. An added feature to my PAID page will be my live link connections. I don’t have a lot of PAID subscribers at the moment (36) and I’m hoping going live just for them is going to work out. My first one, my “official” first one was a blast. I talked endlessly. (Kinda reminded me of my drug days way long ago…)
THE SHIELD OF LOCKSLEY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROLOGUE (in two parts)
i
IN THE BEGINNING.
ii
TEN YEARS AFTER
PART ONE
THE BEGGAR’S KNAVE
CHAPTER ONE
ON THE ROAD TO CAMELOT
CHAPTER TWO
AT THE INN OF THE RED LION
CHAPTER THREE
THE ORKNEY KNIGHTS
CHAPTER FOUR
THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT
i THE LADY GWENELLYN
ii IN THE CAMP OF THE QUEEN
iii THE QUEEN’S BREAKFAST
iv KING PELLINORE’S TALE
v THE BEGGAR’S KNAVE
CHAPTER FIVE
DIRTY DEEDS DONE IN THE DARK
CHAPTER SIX
THE MORNING OF THE NEXT DAY
CHAPTER SEVEN
THE BRIDGE AT HOLLYBOURNE
CHAPTER EIGHT
PALOMIDES, THE PAGAN KNIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
THE KNIGHT’S SQUIRE
CHAPTER TEN
THE CASTLE IS A KEEP
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CAPTIVES
CHAPTER TWELVE
THE QUEEN MORGANA LeFAY
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
THE LADY GWENELLYN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
THE WOMAN IN WHITE
PART TWO
THE TOURNAMENT OF YOUTH
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CAMELOT-A-MAYING; OR THE FLAG OF
THE FLAGONNED ALE
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
IN THE QUEEN’S BEDCHAMBER
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
OF THE TABLE ROUND AND
SIR BEDIVERE’S PLOY
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
A LADY IN SEARCH OF A HERO
CHAPTER NINETEEN
A KNIGHT’S QUEST FOR ARMOUR
i HIS HORSE
ii HIS DOUBLET
iii HIS SHIELD
iv HIS SWORD
CHAPTER TWENTY
THE KNIGHT OF THE ROSE
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
THE SPEAR AND SHIELD
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
THE SWORD
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
THE GARTER OF PEARLS; OR, THE KING’S BOON
PART THREE
THE BOOK OF LAMORAK DeGALES
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
THE QUEST OF LAMORAK DeGALES
i THE LADY OF THE ROCK
ii OF THE MANY LOVES OF SIR GRUMMER
iii DECEPTION AND ESCAPE
iv THE HUNTSMAN
v THE RECLUSE
vi THE KNIGHTS AT THE TAVERN
vii THE QUEEN’S LONG SHADOW
viii THE KNIGHT AT THE STREAM
ix A SECOND CHANCE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
THE KNIGHTS AT INNMAN’S TAVERN
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
THE REVENGE OF SIR AGRAVAINE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
THE AMBASSADOR OF ROME
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
THE FORTNIGHT’S END
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
TWO KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE
CHAPTER THIRTY
THE QUEEN’S RIDE; OR, THE
QUEEN’S OWN
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
THE KNIGHTS, AT BATH
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
THE KNIGHT, THE SQUIRE,
AND THE HUNTSMAN
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
IN THE SHADOW OF MORGAN LeFAY
PART FOUR
BY PAPAL DECREE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
THE ROMAN WAR
i A CALL TO ARMS
ii THE BATTLE FOR GLASTONBURY:
THE FIRST DAY
iii THE BATTLE FOR GLASTONBURY:
THE FIRST DAY, CONT’D
iv HOW LOCKSLEY FARED, AND THE PROWESS
OF SIR GRUMMER
v GWENELLYN’S REPRIEVE
vi PEACE AND BETRAYAL
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
TWO LOVERS, REUNITED
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
THE SUMMER OF LOVE
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
SIR LANCELOT’S QUEST
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
THE RETURN OF SIR LAMORAK DeGALES
PART FIVE
LOCKSLEY’S QUEST
CHAPTER THRITY-NINE
THE QUESTING LANCELOT
CHAPTER FORTY
QUEEN MORGAN LeFAY
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
QUEEN’S KNIGHT TO D6; CHECK
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
AT THE BEHEST OF SIR LOCKSLEY
i BEAUMANIS
ii THE LADY OF GLEVUM KEEP
iii THE FREELANCED KNIGHT
iv THE KNIGHT OF THE BROKEN SPEAR
v THE LADY AND HER KNIGHT
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
A KING AWAITS HIS VENGEANCE
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
SIR LAMORACK ALLOWS FOR THE QUEEN
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
THE KNIGHT ON THE BRIDGE
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
THE KNIGHT ON THE PLAIN
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
THE CASTLE OF JOYOUS GARD
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
CAPTIVES OF THE HEART
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
SIR LANCELOT IS FORCED TO ACT
CHAPTER FIFTY
LAMORAK’S QUEST OF THE
DUNGEONED QUEEN
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
PROMISES OF TRAGEDY
AND DEATH
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
THE UNHAPPY RETURN; OR
THE WINTER SOLSTICE
AFTERWORD…
Fifty-two chapters?!? As many as there are cards in a deck! Plus a prologue (in two parts) AND an afterword!
Should I call you Homer?