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…