Can a song inspire a story?

Can music inspire a story? It seems so!

I’m taking part in the December StorySong short story fest organised by Discovering Diamonds Reviews’ organiser Helen Hollick.

Each day, there’s a new story and a chance to guess the song/music that inspired it. There have been some crackers so far!

Mine comes on 17 December, the first day of Saturnalia (of course!).  What exactly did Honoria Mitela and her troops do at the Battle of Vienna in 1683 when Europe was threatened with conquest by the mighty Ottoman Empire?

In the meantime, here are the other stories (I’ll add the new link each day they appear on the Discovering Diamonds Reviews site)

2nd   M.J. Logue   First Love 


3rd   Richard Tearle Chips and Ice Cream
4th    Helen Hollick Promises, Promises


5th    Paul Marriner Memories
6th    Pam Webber One Door Closing
7th    Louise Adam Hurt Me Once


8th    Barbara Gaskell Denvil Sticks and Stones
9th    Judith Arnopp Secrets
10th  Erica Lainé Silk Stockings
11th   Anna Belfrage Hold Me, Love Me, Leave Me?


12th  Annie Whitehead Frozen
13th  Tony Riches Alas, My Love
14th  Clare Flynn, Zipless


15th  J.G. Harlond The Last Assignment
16th  Elizabeth St John Under The Clock


17th  Alison Morton Honoria’s Battle 
18th  Jean Gill The Hunter
19th  Patricia Bracewell Daddy’s Gift
20th Debbie Young It Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas

21st   Ruth Downie  Doing It Properly
22nd Nicky Galliers What God Has Joined
23rd  Elizabeth Chadwick The Cloak
Image result for red cloak white cross24th / 25th HAPPY CHRISTMAS
26th  Helen Hollick Ever After
27th   Barbara Gaskell Denvil Just The One… Or Maybe Two
28th   Deborah Swift Just Another Day
29th   Amy Maroney What The Plague Brings
30th   Cryssa Bazos River Mud

 

 

 

 

 

 

31st  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Enjoy!

 

Alison Morton is the author of Roma Nova thrillers –  INCEPTIO,  PERFIDITAS,  SUCCESSIO,  AURELIA,  INSURRECTIO  and RETALIO.  CARINA, a novella, and ROMA NOVA EXTRA, a collection of short stories, are now available.  Audiobooks are available for four of the series. NEXUS, an Aurelia Mitela novella, is now out.

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