Wanderer's Tales #4 - Community
Welcome to Issue 4 of Wanderer’s Tales, the newsletter of Ancient Roads. In this issue is Chapter Four of Shield of the Goddess.
Welcome to Issue 4 of Wanderer’s Tales, the newsletter of Ancient Roads, the web site of Seattle writer and composer Chris Struble.
Here you will find fantasy fiction set in ancient worlds where music makes magic, and the road ahead is always uncertain. Wanderers welcome.
In this newsletter is Chapter Four of Shield of the Goddess, the adult fantasy novel I am releasing here as a web serial in 2025.
Chris Struble
The first three chapters were from the viewpoint of Shala, a girl who dreams of finding respite from the intrusion of other people’s thoughts.
Chapter Four introduces a new viewpoint character, Jenan, a boy who dreams of riding horses.
I have added new music, my own arrangement of an ancient Greek song, Seikilos Epitaph, the oldest complete music composition in the world. The sheet music is public so you are welcome to share it.
If you happened to play the Civilization computer strategy game series, you might recognize the tune, which was the theme of the Greek civilization in several versions of the game.
Chris Struble
Also new on the website is an Acknowledgements page to thank the many people who encouraged, critiqued, and supported my writing as I worked on Shield of the Goddess.
Chris Struble
Finally I have updated People and Places, with new names and how to pronounce them.
Chris Struble
The theme of this newsletter issue is “community”.
In every age of history, community is essential to accomplish anything lasting in the world.
To ancient people, community started with family, followed by the town or city they lived in, or the tribe they belonged to.
To modern people, a community can be whoever we connect with at various times and places in our lives: work, home, church, volunteer organizations, and many more.
I am excited to announce that I have enabled comments, which enable you to make a comment on this newsletter or any of my past newsletters. Comments are not enabled for pages such as book chapters or music. However, you can leave a comment on the newsletter that came out when you read that page.
I am also excited to announce that I now have eight subscribers! Thank you!
As always, check out my Books and Music pages to see the ever growing and organized lists of everything I have published here to date.
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See you on the road!
Chris Struble