Windflower Fields: New Section, Recaps, and Synopses
Good morning!
As you may have noticed, I’ve now added a new section for Windflower Fields. All subscribers are automatically subscribed to it, but you can change this in your preferences, if you would rather not receive any updates.
Tomorrow, in honor of the upcoming feast of Our Lady of Victory and the commemoration of the victory at the Battle of Lepanto, I’ll be sharing The Moon Beneath Her Feet: A Tale of Lepanto. This is a short story, approximately 27 minutes reading time, according to the Substack editor. This will be published via the section Random! so make sure that you’re subscribed to this section, or you can find the story on Windflower’s home page after 9:30 AM EST on Saturday.
Synopsis
Jālūt gladly serves the will of Allah in the Ottoman Fleet, but even his heart grieves the wanton death that sometimes comes with service. After rescuing a Christian maiden from the desolation of Cyprus, he heads into conflict to crush the Christians’ Holy League, little realizing that Lia Masalis is not the only maiden who will change his life - there is also the Mother whom he has forgotten.
Also, a note on the upcoming October serial, which will begin on October 10th: I had an inspiration which changes the course of the story from a fairly dark tale with a more Gothic feel, to a lighter, spooky but cozy-ish mystery which is more my style. This necessitates a change from the WIP title, In The Shadow of the Skull:
The serial is now officially titled, In the Shadows of the Lilac.
Synopsis:
In moving to a valley village still held in the grasp of the Edwardian Era, Zion and Melody Holcomb could never have guessed that beneath the quaint surroundings lurked a dark secret.
What they thought was only a prank begins to spin webs around them, revealing a mystery that has lain unsolved for 116 years -
And it lies buried in the halls of the Hotel Lilac.
This week’s recap:
For the feast of St. Michael, I shared an image originally used in Ransom: Shards of Crystal, which has now been fully colorized:
We also have a new chapter of Rise of Sirius:
As well as a look at the design for the 1934 Aphrodite, which I’ll be sewing over my November break:
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In the Hearts of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
Thérèse Judeana
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