It’s The Severis Tales time again with a new short story. Titled Elcra Needs a Dentist, it is the ninth instalment in the TST short story range. It concerns Elcra Winterbottom of the Winterbottom family and a personal dilemma that arises when she breaks a tooth. At around 5,700 words, it is one of the shorter TST… Read more »
The Severis Tales 9: Elcra Needs a Dentist (C)2021.2 Patrick Rivers There are times in our lives when we have that one moment of panic, a moment where our brains forget how to work or figure a problem that arises at a terrifying and sudden moment. Our conscience goes, “What the hell do I do… Read more »
After lagging behind for a few months, the next instalment of The Severis Tales, entitled “A Day Out With Mira,” is up for reading. This is the continuation of the B-plot with Larry Severis and Mira Hutter, who have a day to themselves with unintended consequences. I don’t write this type of stuff well. I suppose… Read more »
The Severis Tales 8: A Day Out With Mira (C)2020.9 Patrick Rivers Who ever thought a lady would approach him for a day out? Larry never thought so. He replayed the scene repeatedly in his head all night long. He tossed and turned in his bed, sweating with anxiety and fear. Do you want to… Read more »
In a long break, I have uploaded instalment 7 of The Severis Tales, called “The New Neighbours.” It is one of the larger ones, at roughly 13,400 words, divided into 4 tabbled parts for easy viewing pleasure. In this story, the Severis family has new neighbours for the first time in ten years, Leena faces yet… Read more »
The Severis Tales 7: The New Neighbours ©2020.8 Patrick Rivers About ten years ago, Dorothy Tomlinson passed away at the age of eighty-two. Her husband, Emil, also of the same age, could no longer live by himself. It forced him to move from 10 Pine Street, his home for forty years. The house stayed vacant,… Read more »
The next instalment of The Severis Tales is up. The sixth story, Terrence Gets Painted, concerns Terrence Howard in an adventure with his own painting, one that causes a lot of unexpected attention and stress when his painting, done by final year art student Leah Evans, attracts a wide amount of attention from the media. They must take… Read more »
The Severis Tales 6: Terrence Gets Painted (C)2019.12 Patrick Rivers It was one of those events that defined them, an event of consequence and secrecy. It was their first taste of fame; and with that, they all learned a lesson that, for a few of them, would be taught the hard way. Against all those… Read more »
With some help in proofing and glossing over, I have uploaded a new instalment of The Severis Tales. This is story #5, entitled “Eggs.” It is about one of Mila’s old friends selling foodstuffs. It also contains a few surprises and other unexpected reunions along the way. I’ve tried writing this story in a different tone… Read more »
The Severis Tales 5: Eggs ©2019.10 Patrick Rivers Maven Kalflar arrived at the east end of Barlett in the early afternoon of the fourteenth of Jalis, 1104. It was a warm winter day, a day that was god-sent compared to the harsh winter storms that plagued all of Caldore during Erandor and the turn of… Read more »