All Egypt is celebrating, for Ramses II has been named Prince Regent. At the celebration feast, two rival nomarchs—rulers of wealthy provinces—steal away, aroused by the dance of a sacred eunuch. These nomarchs share a shameful past, and in the dark, aided by fine wine, they take out their lust upon each other...
The fog rolled in from the sea, choking the cliff and the castle. It covered the boat by the hewn stair. Boats […]
I could smell her body from across the raging waters: her fearful heart pumping rich sweet blood; the bitter odour of a […]
I Up the mountain Brown grasses rustle at my feet Until they bend beneath the lusciousness of snow […]
~ Block by block, up the tower, hand over hand, his hands are on the stones. Toes nosing into footholds, and his […]
