Tag Archives: sedan chairs

A minor incident ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jim Webster, aka Tallis Steelyard: Rumour insists that Maljie has a chequered history when it comes to vehicles. Currently she doesn’t command sole use of a sedan chair, but then few do. The bearers take a lot of … Continue reading →

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Funding the consequences of folly ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jim Webster, aka Tallis Steelyard: One problem about plague years where everybody hides in their houses is what do you do about those too poor to have a home? For us at the Shrine of Aea in her … Continue reading →

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The sedan chair bearer’s story ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jim Webster, aka Tallis Steelyard: It has to be confessed that Majie was a sensible patient. She took seriously the advice given to her by those charged with her care, only ignoring it when it suited her purposes. … Continue reading →

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Silent Justice ~ Tallis Steelyard at M T McGuire, Authorholic

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from M T McGuire, Authorholic: There are new releases a plenty over the next ten days, not just from me, so rather than bang on about mine, let’s talk about Jim Webster’s new … whoop? … of books this … Continue reading →

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The Frolics at Nightbell Gardens – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: Every city has its foibles, this is self evident. I’d go so far as to suggest that every city has bizarre customs that seem entirely sensible to the citizens but which leave the populace of other … Continue reading →

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Too nice? Another tale from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Talopian Hearsan was one of those people I just somehow never took too. I’m not sure why to be honest; he was always polite and respectful to a poet of my status. The problem was perhaps that he was too … Continue reading →