Tag Archives: Port Naain

Porphyrogenitus – another tale from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Sue Vincent

I don’t often deal with the new aristocracy. It’s strange really but with the old aristocracy who where here before the city was founded, I have no problems. But the new aristocracy, largely those who have been ennobled in the … Continue reading →

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A load of Bull from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Sue Vincent

People don’t realise what gifts they have, or what skills they possess. Sometimes they have the ability to do all sorts of things yet they never do them. Obviously I am a person with many capabilities, able to turn my … Continue reading →

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Knight Arrant? from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Have you noticed how some people might in themselves pose a problem, but are inadvertently the answer to a far larger problem? So you’re faced with the troubling realisation that you must somehow find a way to live with the … Continue reading →

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The advantages of a good education from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Sue Vincent

I have always been of the opinion that we should leave matters of state to the wise, as opposed to the merely strident or muscular. Indeed as I fail to fall into any of these three categories I feel that … Continue reading →

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A dish served cold from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Sue Vincent

As you all know I’m a man who makes a point of being smartly turned out. If you’re blessed with an elegant figure and can turn a fine leg, it seems silly not to allow the eye to dwell on … Continue reading →

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Nobody does it like that any more from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Sue Vincent

How does one promote a book? This question continued to nag at me as I went about my business in Port Naain. How on earth was I going to live up to my promise to ensure ‘A Bad Penny’ gained … Continue reading →

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The frantic scribblings of a novelist. from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Sue Vincent

I know, I know. I shouldn’t allow people to take advantage of my better nature, but what on earth can a chap do? Now I have genuine sympathy for novelists. Sad creatures that they are, sitting in their garrets, churning … Continue reading →

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For the sake of art (The origin of the scary clown) from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Sue Vincent

  As you well know I’ve always been sympathetic to the lesser arts. Over the years I’ve helped provide employment for musicians, sculptors and even novelists! Indeed if I can find one, I’ve even been known to introduce Mime Artists … Continue reading →

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When the hammer falls from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from raconteur and poet extraordinaire, Tallis Steelyard: Old ‘Ordan’ was dead. It had to happen sooner or later, and in his case, he’d have said, the later the better. But now it had happened. I’d known him for a … Continue reading →

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The importance of getting home under your own steam from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: First you must remember it had been a very hot day. After all it was the height of summer and about the only thing moving in Port Naain was the tide coming up the estuary and … Continue reading →

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