PodCastle 444: The Giant’s Lady (Aurealis Month)by
Rowena Cory Daniellsread by
Barry HaworthFirst published in the
Legends 2 anthology, Stories In Honor of David Gemmell.
Part of our Aurealis Month, celebrating the Australian
Aurealis Awards.
Hosted by
Graeme Dunlop.
As we entered the white-walled courtyard, the music stopped and every islander turned. Wyrd, they whispered.
Wyrd, they whispered. My lady stood tall, her pale hair glinting in the hot noonday sun. A full-blood T’En throwback, she
My lady stood tall, her pale hair glinting in the hot noonday sun. A full-blood T’En throwback, she did not try to hide her hair or her six-fingered hands, and her distinctive wine-dark eyes held quiet defiance. As for me, I was not a Wyrd, not even a half-blood, just a freakishly big True-man, and an ugly
one at that.
My lady headed for two seats at the end of a trestle table. By the time we reached it, the table was empty. She sat, turning her long legs to the side. Dropping our travelling bags, I took the opposite seat, where I could watch the courtyard gate.Rated PG-13.
Rowena Cory Daniells is a fan of the genre who has been going to Conventions since she was eighteen. Over the years she has been involved in Indy Press, run a bookshop, then a graphic art studio. She reared a family of six kids, served on numerous arts committees at a state and national level and went back to study where she did a Masters then taught at University. In her spare time she studied Tae Kwon Do, Aikido and Iaido, the art of the Samurai Sword.
And she’s written a pile of books. On the Internet, you can find her website at
www.rowena-cory-daniells.com, or find her on Twitter
@rcdaniells.
Rowena Cory Daniells’s series
King Rolen’s Kin has just been released (with stunning new covers) in the US by
Solaris Classics. Head on over to amazon to
pick up the series now!
Barry Haworth works as a statistician for the Australian Taxation Office, which is more interesting than you might think. He holds a Masters degree in Statistics. Outside of work he is a keen reader of science fiction, and enjoys choral singing and taking part in amateur theatricals, having performed such roles as Prospero in
The Tempest and Major-General Stanley in
The Pirates of Penzance.
Barry has narrated episodes of Escape Pod and also the
Cheap Astronomy podcast. He lives in Brisbane, Australia with his wife Sylvia, those of his children who haven’t left home yet, and whatever the current quota of pets is. He also says, “I am a Statistician. One false move and you’re a Statistic.”
Listen to this week’s PodCastle!