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Ratha's Island Twitter Novelette
16 years ago
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If you're wondering where I've been for the past 5 months or so, well, I've been involved with several different projects, including an experiment on Twitter.
PoetTigress asked if I could also post it here, so here's a copy of the story so far, plus some links to images and blog posts about the creatures in the series.
Also, look in my favorites for some really good Ratha artwork by The Demon Sans Visage, also known as Frogsbreath.
Comments encouraged
So...
Ratha's Island, a Twitter novelette by Clare Bell, author of the Ratha or Named series.
Prepared for Twitter by Sheila Ruth and Clare Bell. Inspiration by Sheila Ruth. Copyright 2009
The Twitter search tag or hashtag for the story posts is #rathafic
Story archive pages are #1 The Scratching Log http://www.rathascourage.com/scratchlog.html
And #2 The Ratha Series Forum http://forum.rathascourage.com/inde.....?showtopic=156
Archive pages will have text links to photos and blog posts about creatures in the story. You can also leave comments.
Ratha, female leader of the Named cat clan, paused on the meadow trail, one forefoot raised.
To one side, the small three-toed horses that the Named called dapplebacks, huddled nervously.
On the other, the three-horned deer stamped and shook their heads.
The deer stabbed up with their forked nose-horns, as if at an invisible enemy only they could see.
Even the sky, choked with low clouds, seemed a threat. Ratha lifted her head, narrowing her eyes.
Just below the clouds two shapes circled.
Yes, they were birds, probably eagles, but she had never seen eagles this large.
Ratha knew the hawks and eagles that often sailed over clan ground, but she hadn't seen these birds before.
They seemed to fly much faster, making her even more uneasy.
Her ears flattened, their tips lifted, showing anger rather than fear.
Often her ears showed her emotions before they really surfaced in her thoughts. At that idea, they twitched.
For more about:
Me (Clare Bell) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Bell
Ratha http://rathacat.deviantart.com/art/.....inish-63702213
Inspiration for Ratha http://www.rathascourage.com/2008/0.....clan-cats.html
The Named Cat Clan http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/.....tha_s_Creature
Dapplebacks and three-horned deer http://wandsandworlds.com/community/node/1847
Dapplebacks - When Birds Ate Horses http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/.....re/1651601.stm
Dapplebacks - The Bush of Horse Evolution http://laelaps.wordpress.com/2007/0.....-of-evolution/
Three-horn deer - Wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetoceras
Three-horn deer - Image on a postage stamp http://www.geo.uw.edu.pl/HOBBY/STAM.....ANIMAL/afg.htm
Miocene birds of prey
http://wandsandworlds.com/community/node/6634
Story archives http://www.rathascourage.com/2009/0.....d-archive.html
http://forum.rathascourage.com/inde.....?showtopic=156
PoetTigress asked if I could also post it here, so here's a copy of the story so far, plus some links to images and blog posts about the creatures in the series.
Also, look in my favorites for some really good Ratha artwork by The Demon Sans Visage, also known as Frogsbreath.
Comments encouraged
So...
Ratha's Island, a Twitter novelette by Clare Bell, author of the Ratha or Named series.
Prepared for Twitter by Sheila Ruth and Clare Bell. Inspiration by Sheila Ruth. Copyright 2009
The Twitter search tag or hashtag for the story posts is #rathafic
Story archive pages are #1 The Scratching Log http://www.rathascourage.com/scratchlog.html
And #2 The Ratha Series Forum http://forum.rathascourage.com/inde.....?showtopic=156
Archive pages will have text links to photos and blog posts about creatures in the story. You can also leave comments.
Ratha, female leader of the Named cat clan, paused on the meadow trail, one forefoot raised.
To one side, the small three-toed horses that the Named called dapplebacks, huddled nervously.
On the other, the three-horned deer stamped and shook their heads.
The deer stabbed up with their forked nose-horns, as if at an invisible enemy only they could see.
Even the sky, choked with low clouds, seemed a threat. Ratha lifted her head, narrowing her eyes.
Just below the clouds two shapes circled.
Yes, they were birds, probably eagles, but she had never seen eagles this large.
Ratha knew the hawks and eagles that often sailed over clan ground, but she hadn't seen these birds before.
They seemed to fly much faster, making her even more uneasy.
Her ears flattened, their tips lifted, showing anger rather than fear.
Often her ears showed her emotions before they really surfaced in her thoughts. At that idea, they twitched.
For more about:
Me (Clare Bell) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Bell
Ratha http://rathacat.deviantart.com/art/.....inish-63702213
Inspiration for Ratha http://www.rathascourage.com/2008/0.....clan-cats.html
The Named Cat Clan http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/.....tha_s_Creature
Dapplebacks and three-horned deer http://wandsandworlds.com/community/node/1847
Dapplebacks - When Birds Ate Horses http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/.....re/1651601.stm
Dapplebacks - The Bush of Horse Evolution http://laelaps.wordpress.com/2007/0.....-of-evolution/
Three-horn deer - Wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetoceras
Three-horn deer - Image on a postage stamp http://www.geo.uw.edu.pl/HOBBY/STAM.....ANIMAL/afg.htm
Miocene birds of prey
http://wandsandworlds.com/community/node/6634
Story archives http://www.rathascourage.com/2009/0.....d-archive.html
http://forum.rathascourage.com/inde.....?showtopic=156
Ty Vulpintaur
~tyvulpine
Inspiration for Ratha link leads to a "hold" page....
