The Manciple First things first: 'A manciple /ˈmænsɨpəl/ is a person in charge of the purchase and storage of food at an institution such as a college, monastery, or court of law.' So says Wikipedia. So I hope that's all cleared up.
Well, I haven't yet got a horror 'Lost' Canterbury Tale, so hopefully The Manciple's Second Tale will fill that gap. The story involves a group of vicious 'Medieval Ghostbusters' who act on behalf of the church as witchfinders / hunters of monsters. So far I've finished the introduction, though instead of iambic pentameters and rhyming couplets, I'm experimenting with quatrains. The rhyming scheme is ABCB and each two lines contain fourteen syllables. To make it clearer, the opening two stanzas are below:
Sir Leonard of Slovakia (A)
Was known throughout the lands (B)
Of Christendom, made famous (C)
By the blood upon his hands. (B)
With Papal Rome this mercenary (A)
Bartered and conspired (B)
To terminate God’s enemies, (C)
Whoe’er the Pope desired. (B)
So far, so good. I've finished Part One and will start on the main story tomorrow. Let's hope it lives up to my expectations.
Below are links to my Canterbury Tale published by Coscom Entertainment, my most recent Global Short Story Competition winner, my short-listed story for the National newspaper, Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:
http://chaucers-uncle.weebly.com/index.html
http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness
http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments
Happy writing!
Well, I haven't yet got a horror 'Lost' Canterbury Tale, so hopefully The Manciple's Second Tale will fill that gap. The story involves a group of vicious 'Medieval Ghostbusters' who act on behalf of the church as witchfinders / hunters of monsters. So far I've finished the introduction, though instead of iambic pentameters and rhyming couplets, I'm experimenting with quatrains. The rhyming scheme is ABCB and each two lines contain fourteen syllables. To make it clearer, the opening two stanzas are below:
Sir Leonard of Slovakia (A)
Was known throughout the lands (B)
Of Christendom, made famous (C)
By the blood upon his hands. (B)
With Papal Rome this mercenary (A)
Bartered and conspired (B)
To terminate God’s enemies, (C)
Whoe’er the Pope desired. (B)
So far, so good. I've finished Part One and will start on the main story tomorrow. Let's hope it lives up to my expectations.
Below are links to my Canterbury Tale published by Coscom Entertainment, my most recent Global Short Story Competition winner, my short-listed story for the National newspaper, Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:
http://chaucers-uncle.weebly.com/index.html
http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness
http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments
Happy writing!
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