Sheep Might Fly

Death at the Dragon Circus: Part 5, In Which Kurt Has A Type They used to be the Hammer and the Dove, a ruthless pair of living weapons for hire. Now they have reinvented themselves as Kurt and Inga Frostad, searching for all the key ingredients of a fresh start: a home, a community, a job that doesn't require them to kill people. The Dragon Circus may be exactly what they need, as long as their o...

Death at the Dragon Circus: Part 4, In Which Fin Needs A Friend They used to be the Hammer and the Dove, a ruthless pair of living weapons for hire. Now they have reinvented themselves as Kurt and Inga Frostad, searching for all the key ingredients of a fresh start: a home, a community, a job that doesn't require them to kill people. The Dragon Circus may be exactly what they need, as long as thei...

Death at the Dragon Circus: Part 3 In Which Brennan is Not a Civilian They used to be the Hammer and the Dove, a ruthless pair of living weapons for hire. Now they have reinvented themselves as Kurt and Inga Frostad, searching for all the key ingredients of a fresh start: a home, a community, a job that doesn't require them to kill people. The Dragon Circus may be exactly what they need, as long a...

Death at the Dragon Circus Part 2: In Which Inga Learns To Fly They used to be the Hammer and the Dove, a ruthless pair of living weapons for hire. Now they have reinvented themselves as Kurt and Inga Frostad, searching for all the key ingredients of a fresh start: a home, a community, a job that doesn't require them to kill people. The Dragon Circus may be exactly what they need, as long as their...

New serial starts this week! They used to be the Hammer and the Dove, a ruthless pair of living weapons for hire. Now they have reinvented themselves as Kurt and Inga Frostad, searching for all the key ingredients of a fresh start: a home, a community, a job that doesn't require them to kill people. The Dragon Circus may be exactly what they need, as long as their old life doesn't catch up with th...

Seb is unhappily following the family tradition of cleaning up after the Julio-Claudian family and their many nasty secrets. Monsters! Swords! Banter! An Airship! Catch up on previous episodes: PART I PART II P ART III “Last of the Romanpunks” was originally published in my short story collection Love & Romanpunk (Twelfth Planet Press). The entire collection is now available in podcast form. Check...

Seb only met up with his ex-girlfriend on the airship full of obsessed Roman cosplayers to be polite... and now he has bitten off more than he can chew. Monsters! Swords! Banter! Catch up on previous episodes: PART I PART II “Last of the Romanpunks” was originally published in my short story collection Love & Romanpunk (Twelfth Planet Press). The entire collection is now available in podcast form!...

Seb only met up with his ex-girlfriend on the airship full of obsessed Roman cosplayers to be polite... and now he has bitten off more than he can chew. Monsters! Swords! Banter! Catch up on last week's episode . “Last of the Romanpunks” was originally published in my short story collection Love & Romanpunk (Twelfth Planet Press). The entire collection is now available in podcast form! Check out:...

LAST OF THE ROMANPUNKS PART I New serial! “Last of the Romanpunks” was first published in my short story collection Love & Romanpunk (Twelfth Planet Press). The entire collection is now available in podcast form! Check out: Julia Agrippina's Secret Family Bestiary Lamia Victoriana The Patrician Sheep Might Fly is a Patreon-supported project! Thanks to all my patrons who pledge between $1 and $20 a...

Final episode of our new Castle Charming serial! Part 14 - Pitch Perfect. Thank you so much for following along with this serial. If reading words on the page is more your speed, the ebook of Dance, Princes, Dance will be released for general sale in April. To get a super early release copy in March, pledge $1 to my Patreon campaign now ! Everyone's back where they're supposed to be - we won, righ...

Penultimate episode of our new Castle Charming serial! Part 13: Truth or Dare We're so close to the end and I'm celebrating by sharing the fabulous cover art (by the even more fabulous Katy Shuttleworth!) that will feature on the ebook of this very story. To get a super early release copy in March, pledge $1 to my Patreon campaign now ! (The ebook of Dance, Princes, Dance will go on general sale i...

New episode of our new Castle Charming serial! Part 12: Drink Me Weighing wishes, downing skeevy magical cocktails and (hopefully) rescuing princes. Well. Two out of three isn't bad... Previous episodes of Dance, Princes, Dance: Part 1: Armour Up Part 2: The 'Team' in Steam Part 3: Look at My Shoes Part 4: Satin and Roses Part 5: Front Page Shoes Part 6: Let Nothing You Dismay Part 7: Old Soldiers...

Some kissing-themed backstory for our heroes! Previous episodes of Dance, Princes, Dance: Part 1: Armour Up Part 2: The 'Team' in Steam Part 3: Look at My Shoes Part 4: Satin and Roses Part 5: Front Page Shoes Part 6 - Let Nothing You Dismay Part 7 - Old Soldiers Part 8 - Bluebells & Clover Part 9 - Calling Mr Foxglove Part 10 - Dancing With the Stars For more Castle Charming hijinks, check out th...

New episode of our new Castle Charming serial! Part 10: Dancing With The Stars Just because it's a fairy nightclub doesn't mean it has a VIP area. Previous episodes of Dance, Princes, Dance: Part 1: Armour Up Part 2: The 'Team' in Steam Part 3: Look at My Shoes Part 4: Satin and Roses Part 5: Front Page Shoes Part 6 - Let Nothing You Dismay Part 7 - Old Soldiers Part 8 - Bluebells & Clover Part 9...

New episode of our new Castle Charming serial! Part 9: Calling Mr Foxglove Finally some tragic backstory as the gang gathers around a fallen prince to share their stories and try to figure out what the fairy hell is going on around here. Previous episodes of Dance, Princes, Dance: Part 1: Armour Up Part 2: The 'Team' in Steam Part 3: Look at My Shoes Part 4: Satin and Roses Part 5: Front Page Shoe...

New episode of our new Castle Charming serial! Part 8 -- Bluebells & Clover. Finally some tragic backstory as the gang gathers around a fallen prince to share their stories and try to figure out what the fairy hell is going on around here. Previous episodes of Dance, Princes, Dance: Part 1: Armour Up Part 2: The 'Team' in Steam Part 3: Look at My Shoes Part 4: Satin and Roses Part 5: Front Page Sh...

New episode of our new Castle Charming serial! Part 7 -- Old Soldiers. It's double acts all around: Kai and Ziggy finally catch a break in the mystery of the satin dance slippers, Sarge has a friend, and Dennis & Camilla make a terrible discovery. No hot chocolate was drunk in the telling of this story. Previous episodes of Dance, Princes, Dance: Part 1: Armour Up Part 2: The 'Team' in Steam Part...

New episode of our new Castle Charming serial! Part 6 - Let Nothing You Dismay Sorry that this slightly festive episode is late, but a combination of illness and a family trip for the holidays meant that uploading went from 'vaguely feasible' to 'completely impossible.' Hope you all ate, socialised and/or rested well this week, and that you are gearing up for the new year bringing us fewer unpleas...

New episode of our new Castle Charming serial! Part 5 - Front Page Shoes Welcome back to Castle Charming. Winter is upon us, which means the annual tournament of Rookery is underway, a game that pits Royals against Hounds. Meanwhile, fairies steal castle residents away each night, and persons unknown have run up a mysterious bill for far too many dancing shoes. When you live in a fairy tale kingdo...

New episode of our new Castle Charming serial! Part 4: Satin and Roses Welcome back to Castle Charming. Winter is upon us, which means the annual tournament of Rookery is underway, a game that pits Royals against Hounds. Meanwhile, fairies steal castle residents away each night, and persons unknown have run up a mysterious bill for far too many dancing shoes. When you live in a fairy tale kingdom,...

New episode of our new Castle Charming serial! Part 3: Look at My Shoes Welcome back to Castle Charming. Winter is upon us, which means the annual tournament of Rookery is underway, a game that pits Royals against Hounds. Meanwhile, fairies steal castle residents away each night, and persons unknown have run up a mysterious bill for far too many dancing shoes. When you live in a fairy tale kingdom...

Welcome back to Castle Charming. Winter is upon us, which means the annual tournament of Rookery is underway, a game that pits Royals against Hounds. Meanwhile, fairies steal castle residents away each night, and persons unknown have run up a mysterious bill for far too many dancing shoes. When you live in a fairy tale kingdom, you have to expect to rescue the occasional prince -- but for Kai, Den...

Brand new episode is up of Sheep Might Fly, a podcast of serialised fiction written and read by Tansy Rayner Roberts. New original serial! Today we’re starting Dance, Princes, Dance, which is a direct sequel to Glass Slipper Scandal , which appeared on this podcast earlier in the year. Welcome back to Castle Charming. Winter is upon us, which means the annual tournament of Rookery is underway, a g...

This short story featured in Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts. This story won both the Washington SF Small Press Award and the Ditmar in 2012. If you enjoyed Julia Agrippina's Secret Family Bestiary, this is the story about what happened next (cough, two thousand years later). Clea Majora lives in a replica of a Roman city, built in the Australian outback. When a hero comes to town to ri...

This short story featured in Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts. This story won both the Washington SF Small Press Award and the Ditmar in 2012. If you enjoyed Julia Agrippina's Secret Family Bestiary, this is the story about what happened next (cough, two thousand years later). Clea Majora lives in a replica of a Roman city, built in the Australian outback. When a hero comes to town to ri...