Rusty began writing this story for a zine that never got off the ground.
Then, when another zine came along, Rusty finished the fic and submitted
it to the second publication. When that zine didn't pan out, Rusty decided to try posting it here. I thought about dismantling Troubadour's Tales altogether and really rattling Rusty's chains, but that seemed unnecessarily cruel, even for me. *g*
This story first appeared in...well...a number of issues of Raconteur. It was inspired by the numerous Arthurian stories that Rusty has read over the years (Just count the allusions, baby!), whether for a university course, personal interest or whatever. Rusty also did a bit of research on Chivalric Romances before writing this fic. Okay, maybe the story doesn't read that way, but Rusty really did do some research for this thing! *g*
This story was originally published in Tales of Sherwood Forest. It's a short little comedy that was written pretty quickly. Deadlines. Apparently, Rusty can meet those for other editors! *g*
When Rusty couldn’t write another part of “The Last Squire”
in time for Issue Nine of Raconteur, Rusty decided to pursue an extremely strange idea and write a little Christmas story called “Silent Knight”. If you survived “The Varlet,” you have a pretty good chance of getting through this, er…interesting fic… Remember: it’s the thought that counts! *g*
This very bizarre parody was originally published in issues 3 and 4 of Raconteur. Rusty would like to thank Ms. Robertson for all of her patience and support and for publishing this story in the first place.
As you may have guessed, this is a sequel to Children of the Wheel.
As of this date, the story remains incomplete. I believe that Rusty is trying
to set a record for the longest continuing WIP on the Net. While, I'd like to
think that Rusty will finish this story one day, I don't think it's likely somehow.
Cat commissioned Rusty to write a Sheriff story of at least one page. However, as Rusty has always found it exceedingly difficult to keep within such limits, Rusty's written more. Rusty has also strayed a bit from the original topic and written about the Sheriff's mother, but I'm sure Rusty meant well...Maybe.
As you may have already surmised, "Robin Hood and the Sheriff's Mother" leans more towards comedy than anything else!
Rusty wrote this novella between 1992 and 1994. It was originally intended for "The Turn of the Wheel" zine, which posed the question: "What would have happened if Edmond of Gisburne had died in the Crusades?" Rusty didn't get the novella published but has endeavoured to edit and revise this manuscript for "Troubadour's Tales." Rusty asked me to provide the following introduction:
This novella is set immediately after "The Time of the Wolf" and refers to incidents from both this story and previous episodes. Unfortunately, some characters were injured, maimed, or killed during the making of this story. Rusty extends the deepest apologies.
