Hear! Hear! Hear!
Yes, it is I, Farukh Suria’Apa-Dan, storyteller extraordinaire! Settle upon the cobbles of the marketplace, here, around my rug, and listen.
Once, my children, deep in my own southern land of Sule, where there are mountains that spit fire, a fire mountain fell in love with the moon. He loved her most when she was full and round, for what man does not love a plump, soft woman? Or a thin, sinewy woman, if it comes to that?
You laugh? It was no laughing matter to the fire mountain, for his heart both sang and broke for the love of his beautiful moon.
At last, he could bear it no longer, but determined he would display his love, to her and to all the world.
He concentrated all his power, all his passion, every element of his being, and shouted his love in a glorious, fiery hallelujah, as he turned himself inside out beneath her gaze.
Alas, the fire mountain was no more. But the moon wept for the beauty of his love. Her tears fell into his ashes, and each tear became an opal, a true marriage of the mountain’s fire and the moon’s pale beauty.
Please toss your coins into my hat. If I find enough in there to buy something to soothe my voice, I’ll tell you another story.
And now, A-to-Z Bloggers, I recommend The Fluff is Raging, posting about the magical experience of moving pictures.
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Farukh appears in the SAGE trilogy, available from independent book stores through Indiebound, and from Amazon in print and electronic versions.
I’m posting at Fatal Foodies today about my favorite quick dish, a dish of fish. Tuna fish, that is.
A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: Write a love scene with a sad but beautiful ending.
MA
Jane
April 7, 2015 at 9:55amBoy, that Farukh!
I love this story!!!
Marian Allen
April 7, 2015 at 11:02amThanks, Jane! He’s fun to write. 🙂
Gail
April 7, 2015 at 2:53pmVery creative. Have you pre-written all your A-Z posts? I did–April would be too stressful otherwise! Now i get to leisurely blog hop and visit all these amazingly talented writers.
Marian Allen
April 7, 2015 at 3:13pmI didn’t pre-write them, but I understand the logic. I like the spontaneity of doing them the night before. 🙂
mary montague sikes
April 7, 2015 at 6:16pmPre-writing sounds like a great idea. In my case, it would be pre-painting which is really hard to do. Enjoyed your story. You are so creative!!!
Marian Allen
April 7, 2015 at 6:34pmNo, YOU are! Not only painting, but painting AS one of your characters? Fantastic!
stephen tremp
April 7, 2015 at 8:42pmHey there Marian Allen, great to see you here in the A to Z! and I’ve visited The Fluff is Raging almost every day to revisit those classic actors and actresses from a golden age gone by.
Marian Allen
April 7, 2015 at 9:55pmThey make me happy! 🙂