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I am soooo tired! A friend from bookgroup came over for dinner tonight - only my second guest (well, if you count a family of three as one - they did all come at the same time *g*) I'd had this idea that I'd get to the supermarket early, stock up the remaining ingredients, and spend most of the day leisurely cooking, so everything was all prepared when D arrived, and pottering around tidying and cleaning the house - replacing my pink Ikea rug with a new cream one (with a couple of orange/brown raggedy stripes at the end), putting this and that away, getting around to moving various bits and bobs...

( But of course... )

Once Upon a Time X - Short Story Quest - Lord John and the Succubus by Diana Gabaldon

I didn't actually mean to read this for the Once Upon A Time challenge, but one I had re-read it, I realised that it fit! It's a novella (short story) in Diana Gabaldon's Lord John and the Hand of Devils book, which brings together three Lord John stories. Large amounts of it revolve around two pieces of folklore - that of the succubus, and that of burying creatures in the foundations of a building (or bridge in this case) for strength and protection. I did wonder if it was more suited to the Readers In Peril challenge (the supernatural and all things halloween!) but succubi and superstition cross over into folklore too - and there is a bonus witch!

Lord John Grey, a secondary character from Gabaldon's Outlander series, who I really like, and was thrilled to find now has his own series, has been posted to Germany as liaison between the Prussian and English troops. Having dodged a gypsy curse (by dint of not believing in them) he finds himself confronted with an odd request - the burgermeister of the local town wishes to borrow his white stallion to walk it back and forth through a graveyard, to find the grave of the succubus so they can dig her up and destroy her.

( And from there... )

So - another jolly good Once Upon a Time story, and recommended! *g* Plus, I've now set off on my next The Once Upon a Time Challenge quest - The Short Story Quest!

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1 - folklore - Lord John and the Succubus by Diana Gabaldon