Author: allene

  • 1.5 – Tafl

    1.5 – Tafl

    Winter fell hard and fast after the funeral. Three days later, the least experienced of the Vidofnings went to help bring in the goats. Three days after that, Kjellings and Vidofnings alike were snowed in.

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  • 1.4 – Funeral Rites

    1.4 – Funeral Rites

    In four days a spruce graveship was made ready for Astrid’s body, lavishly appointed by the Jarl. All that was left was for Stigander to select her grave gifts from the hold of the Vidofnir and they could send her off before the Ice.

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  • 1.3 – In the Hall of the Sea King

    1.3 – In the Hall of the Sea King

    The soothsayers claimed snow was coming, even though they should ordinarily have had another month. Even though it was bright and sunny over the Hall. But it was unwise to go against the soothsayers in matters of weather or fate…

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  • 1.2 – Aftermath

    1.2 – Aftermath

    The storm sluiced the blood from the deck as the Vidofnir rowed, searching for the edge of it, hoping nothing further happened.

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  • 1.1 – A Sudden Squall

    1.1 – A Sudden Squall

    It was the end of the last raid before the winter’s ice, and yet the sun was bright and the weather warm. The longship Vidofnir skated across the smooth surface of the ocean under sail, the sounds of merriment carrying across the water from its deck.

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  • Book One: Einarr Stigandersen and the Jotünhall

    Book One: Einarr Stigandersen and the Jotünhall

    After the Grendel launches a surprise attack on the longship Vidofnir, Captain Stigander takes his crew to winter at the hall of his childhood friend.

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  • The Adventures of Einarr Stigandersen

    The Adventures of Einarr Stigandersen

    The Adventures of Einarr Stigandersen updates Tuesdays and Thursdays by noon Eastern time. Book One: Einarr Stigandersen and the Jotünhall Einarr Stigandersen is the dispossessed prince of Raenshold, his father its landless Thane. They sail from port to port, leading a vagabond’s life aboard the longship Vidofnir, until a fateful battle with a demon ship and an…

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  • Just (another) quick update

    Just (another) quick update

    It’s Tuesday morning, which means Episode 7 of Einarr Stigandersen and the Jotünhall is now live for your enjoyment. In other news, yesterday I finally got my manuscript submitted to CreateSpace, so there should be paperbacks available for Advent of Ruin as well as Kindle ebooks. At least to start with, I’m going to be running…

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  • New post

    Hey-yo. For any of you reading along, Episode 6 of The Adventures of Einarr Stigandersen is now live. If you’re looking for the first episode, go here. For the table of contents, here. I hope you’re enjoying what you read! Feel free to make comments as you read along – although while speculation is encouraged spoilers…

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  • Episode 5

    The new episode of Einarr Stigandersen and the Jotünhall: 1.5 – Tafl is now live! And now I have a buffer to catch up on and a file to tweak so the book doesn’t look funky on Kindle.

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