{"id":14344,"date":"2021-05-29T10:06:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T14:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=14344"},"modified":"2024-03-01T17:53:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T22:53:08","slug":"the-magpie-lord-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/14344","title":{"rendered":"The Magpie Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Magpie Lord<\/a><\/em> (2013) KJ Charles<\/a> (A Charm of Magpies)<\/p>\n

\"the<\/a><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t bear it<\/em>. He\u2019d never said the words in thirty-seven years, not even in the times of hunger and degradation. He wanted to say them now. <\/p>\n

Merrick frowned. \u201cGot to fight it, my lord.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cFight what<\/em>? Give me something to fight, and I\u2019ll fight it\u2014 but how the hell do I fight my own mind?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Crane looked at the naked hostility in the other man\u2019s face and posture, and strolled to a conclusion, since he hardly needed to jump. <\/p>\n

\u201cI take it you\u2019ve encountered my brother, Hector,\u201d he said. \u201cOr possibly my father.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cBoth.\u201d The little man spat the word out. \u201cOh, I\u2019ve encountered your family alright. It\u2019s something of an irony to be sent to help one of you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cHave you seen the mummies at the British Museum?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Egyptian ones? No, not yet. But they have a similar thing in China.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cDid you ever imagine if they started moving? Withered hands reaching towards you and sunken eyes staring?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t, but now I know what I\u2019ll be dreaming about tonight.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher : KJC Books<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Magpie Lord (2013) KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies) I can\u2019t bear it. He\u2019d never said the words in thirty-seven years, not even in the times of hunger and degradation. He wanted to say them now. Merrick frowned. \u201cGot to fight it, my lord.\u201d \u201cFight what? Give me something to fight, and I\u2019ll fight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,27,30,292,2,33,8,148,41,26,56],"tags":[50,761,476,544,513],"class_list":["post-14344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-alternate-history","category-british","category-ebook","category-fantasy","category-historical","category-mystery","category-queer","category-reread","category-romance","category-sexual-content","tag-boinking","tag-charm-of-magpies","tag-kj-charles","tag-mm","tag-suicide"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-3Jm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10500,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10500","url_meta":{"origin":14344,"position":0},"title":"The Magpie Lord","author":"Michelle","date":"April 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Magpie Lord (2013) K.J. Charles (Charm of Magpies) One for sorrow Two for joy Three for a girl Four for a boy Five for silver Six for gold Seven for a secret never to be told Eight for a letter over the sea Nine for a lover as true\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/the-magpie-lord.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10856,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10856","url_meta":{"origin":14344,"position":1},"title":"Flight of Magpies","author":"Michelle","date":"May 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Flight of Magpies (2014) K.J. Charles (A Charm of Magpies) The third book of the Charm of Magpies series finds Stephen and Lord Crane struggling to come to terms with Vaudrey's desire to leave England and Stephen's dedication to his job--a job that offers little remuneration but a lot of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/flight-of-magpies-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17492,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/17492","url_meta":{"origin":14344,"position":2},"title":"Short Stories: KJ Charles","author":"Michelle","date":"June 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Short Stories: KJ Charles \"Five for Heaven\" (2019) A Charm of Magpies 3.5 Set in Nagasaki, three years after A Flight of Magpies (15 pages) \"A Confidential Problem\" (2016) Society of Gentleman 2.5 Set in England in 1820 (14 pages) \"A Private Miscellany\" (2016) Society of Gentlemen 3.5 Set in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "7.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"7.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/A-Private-Miscellany.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/A-Private-Miscellany.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/A-Private-Miscellany.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/A-Private-Miscellany.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/A-Private-Miscellany.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/A-Private-Miscellany.png?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14346,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/14346","url_meta":{"origin":14344,"position":3},"title":"A Case of Possession","author":"Michelle","date":"May 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A Case of Possession (2014) KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies) \"An honest mandarin.\u201d There was a dubious murmur at that. Most of those present regarded bribery as something between a handy tool and a form of tax; none of them had high opinions of mandarins of any nationality. \u201cI\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"a case of possession","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a-case-of-possession.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10830,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10830","url_meta":{"origin":14344,"position":4},"title":"A Case of Possession","author":"Michelle","date":"April 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A Case of Possession (2014) K.J. Charles (A Charm of Magpies) The second Charm of Magpies books finds Stephen and Crane the subject of blackmail. Crane, being an Earl, would be fine ignoring the blackmailer, but Stephen, being poor, could easily be arrested for their relationship. But then they suddenly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "7.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"7.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a-case-of-possession.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17365,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/17365","url_meta":{"origin":14344,"position":5},"title":"Flight of Magpies","author":"Michelle","date":"June 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Flight of Magpies (2014) KJ Charles Stephen stuffed his hands in the pockets of the topcoat that Crane had insisted on buying him for this chilly winter. It had been a great deal more expensive than Stephen, who accepted gifts with startling gracelessness, had wanted; a great deal cheaper than\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"flight of magpies","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/flight-of-magpies-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}