Character Madness and Musings

Ezra Ezra from The Carriage and Silas Ezra meets Alexis at the most vulnerable time of his life. His brother Amos, hired an assasin to kill him, but his father refused to lose another son, and found a way to bring him back. He wakes up in a stranger's lab, and returns home after a short time of adjustment. He arrives to mayhem, not having known that his brother hired the man who killed him.  His favorite pastime is walking in the thick London fog late at night where he can easily disappear. On one of these walks, he witnesses Alexis' crash into the Victorian Era. Adjusting to gifts he acquired with his new life as a Prodirari, he is shocked when a light touch shows him her thoughts. The things he sees in her world boggle his mind. He follows, and tries to protect her, even though she's rebuffed him numerous times. When Ezra finally gives up, he finds her facing the local magistrate and life in an asylum. In Silas, book two of The Passages of Time, Alexis

It's been a while since we've visited characters from The Carriage, and they are some of my favorites. Some of them are also in Silas, so I think I'll merge the two books here. Alexis   When the story begins, Alexis is a senior in high school. She's pretty, popular, smart, and she knows it. Her sister Brooke is a bookworm, less pretty, and not popular, She and Alexis don't get along. When Alexis pushes Brooke one too many times, she purchases a potion, and sends Alexis crashing into the Victorian Era. Alexis faces a world much different from her own. She finds herself in a place where women wear long dresses, big hats, boots, and the damnable corsets she's always read about. Unable to work, she finds herself hungry and poor. Ezra, a man she met the night she arrived, has been stalking her. When she finds herself facing the magistrate for stealing food, Ezra is her only hope of escaping a cruel future with no way home. After living in an Era whe

Read   Belshazzar, The Legend of Misty Haven, a novelette in Haunted by Darkness - A Collection of Fairy Tales and Legends. Get your copy here . www.jenabaxter.com

Mothers Are a Special Gift by Faye Diane Kilday Mothers are a special gift sent  from God above,  They bless us with their nurturing, And fill us with their love. They pick us up when we are down, And when we're sad they know, They're always there to lend a hand, And guide us as we go. And mothers are like special jewels  that can't be bought or sold... A mother's love's more precious  than the rarest gem or gold. Yes, mothers are a special gift sent  from God above,  And we'll be blessed forever with  their never ending love! © Faye Kilday 1996

Qwei Qwei - Belshazzar's Lovers and Paladin of Misty Haven Qwei is the closest woman to Belshazzar. She's tried to get Belshazzar to move in with her, and settle down, but worried about the people he protects, he has always refused. It hasn't changed anything. Qwei is always there for him in his time of need. Her relationship with Meylan is strained, although she gets along with Jessandre fine. She does everything she can to help Belshazzar stop aging, but he's been taking his potion for too long, and she soon finds she has an obligation to either help him, or if she can't, to tear him down. Read more about Qwei in  Belshazzar, The Legend of Misty Haven, a novelette in Haunted by Darkness - A Collection of Fairy Tales and Legends . Get your copy here . www.jenabaxter.com

Meylan Meylan from Belshazzar, The Legend of Misty Haven Taken in by Belshazzar when Meylan was young, he is a loyal and loving servant, but only to his master. He is a dragon, with an irritable demeanor. He calls Jessandre 'the chicken', to the phoenix' dismay, but won't hurt him because he, like Meylan, is the last of his kind, and Meylan will never do anything to displease his master, even though he puts on airs with that sarcastic edge of his. Read more about Meylan in Belshazzar, The Legend of Misty Haven, a novelette in Haunted by Darkness - A Collection of Fairy Tales and Legends . www.jenabaxter.com