Today, an extract from a period tale, concerning an unusual Virginian gentlemen and his garden. My own Edwardian Arcane, as it were, to keep in with our current theme. The October Frights Blog Hop continues, and you still have a chance to win an ebook of my short novel A Study in Grey, concerning a threat to the Empire before the Great War, some psychic disturbances and even a dash of Sherlock Holmes (details later). And on the Holmes side, it does look as if my story The Adventure of the Dragoman’s Son, set in Arabia in the 1890s, might be out by the end of the year as well. Continue reading The Taste of Jessamine Tears →