Category Archives: Stories

A Kinrowan Estate story: Scarecrows

Posted on 9th March 2015 by Cat Eldridge

Scarecrows are something that I think work rather well for keeping certain birds such as crows off the Estate crops, and they add a bit of whimsy to the fields so I let the Several Annies, Iain’s Library Apprentices, make a … Continue reading →

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A Gathering of Stitchers

Posted on 8th January 2015 by Diverse Voices

I was watching the new reading group that had sprung up this Fall as they met in the Robert Graves Memorial Reading Room, who call themselves “A Gathering of Stitchers.” It was, not surprisingly, a reading group devoted to books … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate story: Pumpkin Spice Ale

Posted on 16th October 2014 by Cat Eldridge

Quite some time ago, it was suggested to Bjorn, our Estate Brewmaster, that an ale enhanced by the spices used in pumpkin pie, as the American brewers had been doing for some decades, would make a good autumn ale. Now I’ll … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate storyA Tale of Indexes

Posted on 29th September 2014 by Hrafnfreistuor

I found this exceedingly suspect story in a Sleeping Hedgehog published in 1889. There was no author indicated. The indexes were quietly sobbing again in protest as the librarian’s apprentice misfiled ‘McZweygle, Doris F., A Receipt Book for the Proper … Continue reading →

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Tad Williams: The Very Best of Tad Williams

Posted on 26th September 2014 by Richard Dansky

Not every collection has to be earth-shattering. Not every story has to be a mind-blower. Sometimes it’s nice to have something that’s just amusing and easy to read and straightforward, without challenge or morally fraught situations. And that’s where The … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate story: Contradances (A Letter to Svetlana)

Posted on 30th April 2014 by Reynard

Dear friend, You asked me why we call our dances here contradances and not English country dance or something akin to it. Well, a bit of history first. English Country Dance is a form of social folk dance which originated … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate story: Spring Chores (A Letter to Anna)

Posted on 3rd April 2014 by Iain Nicholas Mackenzie

Varmaste hälsningar Anna, Spring has finally arrived which mean Gus, our Estate Head Gardener, has drafted everyone not busy doing something they can’t drop for the needed tasks that the Estate demands this time of year. All of my Several … Continue reading →

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Glen Cook’s The Tyranny of the Night and Lord of the Silent Kingdom

Posted on 30th March 2014 by Robert

I’ve been an admirer of Glen Cook’s writing for many years, ever since I read Shadowline, the first book of the Starfishers series, way back when. I had never run into anyone who had quite that mix of myth and … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate story: Curling (A Letter to Svetlana)

Posted on 23rd February 2014 by Reynard

Dear friend, We’re making last minute preparations for the curling tournament to be held here in a week. Yes, a curling tournament. We’ve got teams coming from Sweden, Finland, Canada, and even a Russian team. Gus has been busy having … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate story: Yurts (A Letter to Anna)

Posted on 30th January 2014 by Cat Eldridge

G’Morning Anna, Sometime ago I remember you asking about how the yurts out towards the north meadow came to be. It’s an interesting story, as they were here a decade before I arrived here thirty years ago this year. It … Continue reading →

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