Penelope Wallace

29th October 2021 In Ragaris books By Penelope Wallace

Q and A: for fans of Dorac and the Guardian Weekend magazine (Apologies to anyone else)

The story of “We Do Not Kill Children” runs basically from 26th September to 15th November, but reaches its climax on Hallowe’en. Organising the dates was a complicated business when writing it, and so I always think of October as Dorac’s month. The following therefore...

24th July 2020 In Ragaris books By Penelope Wallace

The Last Fight: a short story from Ragaris

Gormad fell in like with Yairil as he watched her swordpractice: by turns fierce and cheerfully rueful. A few days later, he noticed the way her nose wrinkled when she laughed at his jokes, and “like” burst into “love.” Three weeks on, he was standing under...

14th December 2018 In Ragaris books By Penelope Wallace

“The Queen’s Gift”

Something rather different: two years ago I was asked to produce a Christmas short story set in Marod for Mightier Than The Sword's online publicity. So this is a little snippet of pre-"We Do Not Kill Children" backstory. Apologies to any of you who've read...