Author's note
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:28 pm
Author's note: The Divine Office
This one needs a little explanation and I don't want to bore everyone at the beginning of each story, hence the separate note.
This is a collection of eight stories themed around times of day as signified by the observances collectively known as The Divine Office. Each "office" takes place at a particular time of day and, at one time, was a way for Christians to mark time and a specific devotion or prayer. I should point out straight away that these are not religious stories; I'm just using the theme of specific hours to tell specific stories.
Each story will be related to one of the offices, but that is their only connection to each other.
The hours of the Divine Office, which form the titles of the stories are:
Vigil (midnight)
Lauds (dawn)
Prime (6am)
Terce (9am)
Sext (noon)
None (3pm)
Vespers (dusk)
Compline (9pm)
There will be different characters, different time periods, different forms. There will be some Mick/Cora, some Mick/Beth, a new Giuseppe story, another "Homecoming" story, even a Guillermo story. I'm hoping it will create a picture of a very untypical 24-hour cycle in the Moonlight universe.
I have no idea if that will work, but, we shall see.
The first story, "Vigil", is posted here: Vigil
The second story, "Lauds", is posted here: Lauds
The third story, "Prime", is posted here: Prime
The fourth story, "Terce", is posted here: Terce
The fifth story, "Sext", is posted here: Sext
The sixth story, "None", is posted here: None
The seventh story is actually two stories; "Vespers" (1) is posted here: Vespers (1) and "Vespers" (2) is posted here: Vespers (2)
The eighth and final story, "Compline", is posted here: Compline
This one needs a little explanation and I don't want to bore everyone at the beginning of each story, hence the separate note.
This is a collection of eight stories themed around times of day as signified by the observances collectively known as The Divine Office. Each "office" takes place at a particular time of day and, at one time, was a way for Christians to mark time and a specific devotion or prayer. I should point out straight away that these are not religious stories; I'm just using the theme of specific hours to tell specific stories.
Each story will be related to one of the offices, but that is their only connection to each other.
The hours of the Divine Office, which form the titles of the stories are:
Vigil (midnight)
Lauds (dawn)
Prime (6am)
Terce (9am)
Sext (noon)
None (3pm)
Vespers (dusk)
Compline (9pm)
There will be different characters, different time periods, different forms. There will be some Mick/Cora, some Mick/Beth, a new Giuseppe story, another "Homecoming" story, even a Guillermo story. I'm hoping it will create a picture of a very untypical 24-hour cycle in the Moonlight universe.
I have no idea if that will work, but, we shall see.
The first story, "Vigil", is posted here: Vigil
The second story, "Lauds", is posted here: Lauds
The third story, "Prime", is posted here: Prime
The fourth story, "Terce", is posted here: Terce
The fifth story, "Sext", is posted here: Sext
The sixth story, "None", is posted here: None
The seventh story is actually two stories; "Vespers" (1) is posted here: Vespers (1) and "Vespers" (2) is posted here: Vespers (2)
The eighth and final story, "Compline", is posted here: Compline