PHANTASM SERIES BOOK 1 --- Tacenda; pl (plural only): Things that are not to be spoken about or made public. Things that are best left unsaid. --- He was unlike anyone else you had seen before. There was a certain confidence about him that drew everyone's eye. His hair was tied back into a messy plait, but it was the...
PHANTASM SERIES BOOK 2 --- Versailles (proper noun). The argument over the etymology of Versailles tends to privilege the Latin word 'versare', meaning "to keep turning, turn over and over", an expression used in medieval times for plowed lands, cleared lands (lands that had been repeatedly "turned over"). --- He wasn...
PHANTASM SERIES BOOK 3 --- Hiraeth (Welsh pronunciation: [hɪraɨ̯θ, hiːrai̯θ]) is a Welsh word for longing or nostalgia, an earnest longing or desire, or a sense of regret. The feeling of longing for a home that no longer exists or never was. A deep and irrational bond felt with a time, era, place or person. --- You we...
PHANTASM SERIES BOOK 4 --- Gladius, (noun): (in ancient Rome) a short sword. --- Eret perked up as soon as you and Simon walked into the room, a wide and welcoming smile coming onto his face. He was softer looking than his father had been, but you could still see some of the similar traits. He had a head of thick dark...
PHANTASM SERIES BOOK FIVE ---- Tryst (noun): a private romantic rendezvous between lovers, "a moonlight tryst". ---- Your eyes drifted upwards catching onto the glint of the sword that had saved you and following the curve of the blade upwards until you came to a knarled hand, with dirt under the fingernails. You foll...
"I'll read it out for you." Anne said, handing the cigarette back to you. "Wanted; for breaking and entering and robbery. Unknown bandit seen leaping from a window of a bank in Kempton, may be walking with a limp from the fall. Suspected to be about 5'8" and stocky build. Should any leads arise please contact local au...
The song ended as you merged onto the highway and another familiar song started up - not by Myra but by an adjacent band to the Myracle Makers that you also liked - the Dream Team. You had found out about them through Myra's music (Spotify thought that they went together well) and you had fallen in love with a couple...
sᴏᴘʜɪᴀ ғɪɴᴄʜ, ᴛʜᴇ ғɪғᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜɴɢᴇsᴛ ʟᴏʀᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴠɪʟʟᴀɢᴇ ɪɴ ᴅᴇsᴏʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴇᴀsᴛᴇʀɴ ᴇᴜʀᴏᴘᴇ. ᴛᴀᴋᴇɴ ғʀᴏᴍ ʜᴇʀ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ʏᴏᴜɴɢ ᴀɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴍɪʀᴀɴᴅᴀs ᴍᴀɴʏ "ғᴀɪʟᴇᴅ" ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴍᴇɴᴛs, sʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴋᴇᴘᴛ ᴀs ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ʜᴇʀ "ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ". ɴᴀᴍᴇᴅ ʟᴀᴅʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʟʏᴄᴀɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜғᴜʟ ᴇʏᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪʟʟᴀɢᴇ, ʜᴇʀ ᴊᴏʙ ɪs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴍɪʀᴀɴᴅᴀ's ᴇ...