Wahey

I've finally got together a first draft of the web blurb I've been needing for the short story in Wildthyme on Top. It still needs some tweaking before it's quite ready to go up on the website, but this is basically it:

Miss Iris Wildthyme's jaunts through time and space with her friend Tom have left them both well-versed in history's vagaries. But when they face the sight of Queen Elizabeth I welcoming ‘envoys from the lunar sphere’ into her court, the pair are at a loss.

It may be history itself is near collapse, but Iris couldn't give a toss. The old Queen needs a mentor (and chauffeur) for England’s delegation to the Moon –- and Iris learns the satellite is her and Tom’s idea of Heaven. Pretty soon she’s out carousing and, well, partying her socks off.

She may even get to sing...

It's been substantial hassle to write, and the really annoying thing is that virtually no-one who reads it is even going to notice, let alone realise why.

A sneak preview of "Minions of the Moon" goes to the first person (who hasn't read the story already) to spot the clever bit...


[Edit 21/3/5: The blurb's now up at my Wildthyme on Top page. Click on the © symbol at the bottom to see the clever bit.]