{"id":8980,"date":"2009-10-22T18:01:26","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T01:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8980"},"modified":"2009-10-22T18:01:26","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T01:01:26","slug":"fantasy-short-story-great-golden-wings-at-beneath-ceaseless-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8980","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Short Story, "Great, Golden Wings" at Beneath Ceaseless Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"

My brief, light-hearted fantasy story “Great, Golden Wings” is available on Beneath Ceaseless Skies<\/a>. Check it out, if you like. I’m told it will also be available in audio soon.<\/p>\n

Lady Percivalia watched the young cinematographist\u2019s hands as he set up his equipment. They were narrow and graceful, dusted with pale-colored hair. His limber fingers moved rapidly as he angled his screens and adjusted his projectors.<\/p>\n

Beside Lady Percivalia, the Lady Harrah gave a dramatic sigh. She sank back in her chair, fluttering her lashes, her face arrayed to look attractively ill. Lady Harrah was well-known for feigning such attacks of faintness. They\u2019d won her the attentions of several young men who, while not known for their intelligence, were smart enough to seize the opportunity for getting close to a distressed young woman with a heaving bosom. Unfortunately, Lady Harrah\u2019s best efforts had failed to make any impression on the cinematographist.<\/p>\n

Lady Harrah enjoyed a miraculous recovery from her faint. She leaned over to Lady Percivalia. \u201cWatch this,\u201d she whispered. \u201cI\u2019ll get his attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

She unpinned a dragonet brooch that adorned her ruffled bodice and tapped its head. The intricate gold carving blinked into a semblance of life. It stretched like a waking cat and flew brightly into the air, a whir of jeweled wings. It caught the cinematographist\u2019s sleeve in its jaws and tugged politely.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My brief, light-hearted fantasy story “Great, Golden Wings” is available on Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Check it out, if you like. I’m told it will also be available in audio soon. Lady Percivalia watched the young cinematographist\u2019s hands as he set … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whatever"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}