Tag Archives: Port Naain

Stinking Fish – another tale from Tallis Steelyard.

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Sue Vincent

People have commented to me that I rarely mention fish or fishermen. I suppose it’s true but it’s by pure chance. You get to the fish market from the far end of the Old Esplanade, at the opposite end from … Continue reading →

Posted in fantasy, fiction | Tagged fish, humour, Jim Webster, Poetry, Port Naain | 2 Comments

Inappropriately didactic? – Another tale from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I have mentioned Madam Jeen Snellflort previously. Those who heard her story seemed to divide into two groups. The first group appeared to feel that the lady had made her successful escape from the nightmare that was the Misenbart academy … Continue reading →

Posted in fantasy, fiction, Humour, Poetry, reblog | Tagged accountancy, ‘circus skills’, Madam Jeen Snellflort, Port Naain, rhetoric, the joys of teaching | 8 Comments

The prime of Madam Jeen Snellflort – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Some people seem to not so much live their lives as to be passengers in them, carried along at the convenience of somebody else. One such person was Madam Jeen Snellflort. Orphaned at a tender age she was made the … Continue reading →

Posted in fantasy, fiction, reblog | Tagged fiction, inheritance, Jim Webster, Poetry, Port Naain, schoolmistress, underpinnings | Leave a comment

Heated debate – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It was Harl Bronnen who solved the problem. You see Port Naain can occasionally have a trouble with house fires. How they are tackled depends on the area. If you are in Dilbrook then your household staff rally round, and … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Books, fantasy, fiction, Humour | Tagged house fires, Jim Webster, Port Naain | 2 Comments

Keeping it understated – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: I realise that in the past I may have been a little scathing about musicians. Indeed I might even have hinted that you can spend more time keeping them sober than it’s worth. To be fair … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, fantasy, fiction, Humour | Tagged acceptable perks of the trade, expensive soft furnishings, Jim Webster, languidly elegant, miscellaneous catering surplus, No bad taste jokes about flute girls, playing the double flute, Port Naain | 5 Comments

Merely selling flowers – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: It is all too easy for an honest man to get into trouble, in spite of his best endeavours. Indeed I have noticed that merely trying to make your way through life quietly and without fuss … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, fantasy, fiction, Humour | Tagged flower selling, Jim Webster, magnanimity personified, marital harmony, pitch-penny, Port Naain, the dangers of itinerant artists | 27 Comments

All is in order for the Tallis Steelyard Blog Tour…

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The inimitable poet and inadvertent adventurer, Tallis Steelyard, recently went on a tour of the blogosphere, sharing a rather longer tale than usual. His first stop was here, but his wanderings took him to many strange and wonderful places and, … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Books, fantasy, fiction, Humour | Tagged Jim Webster, Poetry, Port Naain, short stories | 7 Comments

Guest poet and raconteur: Tallis Steelyard – A Family Saga

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Sue Vincent

For once I cannot be blamed for any of it. It’s obvious that nothing that happened was my fault. Indeed if blame is to be allocated, the only person on whom it can fairly fall is my lady wife Shena. … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Books, Humour | Tagged Amazon, Book launch, fantasy, fiction, guest post, Jim Webster, kindle, new book, Poetry, Port Naain, Port Naain Intelligencer | 38 Comments

And occasionally, something new? – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard… a request from the poet himself… Never let it be said that Tallis Steelyard is one of those ‘artists’ who sits sighing in his garret, bewailing his fate and wondering why his literary endeavours appear to … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, reblog | Tagged blog tour, Book launch, Jim Webster, new book, Port Naain, Tallis Steelyard | 13 Comments

One stands just so. – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: Let us not beat about the bush. There are people whom you feel obliged to rescue from the results of their own ill-judged actions. In all candour they may be an idiot, but in some unquantifiable … Continue reading →