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Carnyx
- Alisha Marie Klapheke
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[quote=""annis""]Some years ago I read a time-slip novel by Kiwi author Elenor Gill called Miriam's Talisman, where the modern-day heroine becomes caught up in events which took place in ancient Ireland. The heroine (who lives on her own) is haunted by the phantom sound of a carnyx at night - very creepy
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Whoa. That sounds cool. I'll have to check that out. Thanks.

Whoa. That sounds cool. I'll have to check that out. Thanks.
- Alisha Marie Klapheke
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- MLE (Emily Cotton)
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- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
- Alisha Marie Klapheke
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[quote=""MLE""]I saw that too, and thought, 'Hey, thanks to Alisha, I know what that is!'[/quote]
Glad I could enrich your Disney experience.
FLJustice, I don't know where the audio came from...have to find out. And I think I might have to include a carnyx in my next ms.
I'm thinking: teen goes to Edinburgh for a summer internship at her dad's gum company to do some delicious and weird R&D, her dad finds a carnyx on a slice of property he owns, when she touches the object she sees the past--her spirit rides on the shoulder of the dude who was in charge of blowing the instrument??? Just brainstorming here. Indiana Jones meets The Apothecary? Okay, I'll shut up now.
Glad I could enrich your Disney experience.

FLJustice, I don't know where the audio came from...have to find out. And I think I might have to include a carnyx in my next ms.
I'm thinking: teen goes to Edinburgh for a summer internship at her dad's gum company to do some delicious and weird R&D, her dad finds a carnyx on a slice of property he owns, when she touches the object she sees the past--her spirit rides on the shoulder of the dude who was in charge of blowing the instrument??? Just brainstorming here. Indiana Jones meets The Apothecary? Okay, I'll shut up now.
[quote=""Alisha Marie Klapheke""]I'm thinking: teen goes to Edinburgh for a summer internship at her dad's gum company to do some delicious and weird R&D, her dad finds a carnyx on a slice of property he owns, when she touches the object she sees the past--her spirit rides on the shoulder of the dude who was in charge of blowing the instrument??? Just brainstorming here. Indiana Jones meets The Apothecary? Okay, I'll shut up now.[/quote]
Sounds great! I have a carnyx in my current WIP (several chapters set during the Boudica rebellion,) but didn't have much detail on what it looked and sounded like. That's changed!
Sounds great! I have a carnyx in my current WIP (several chapters set during the Boudica rebellion,) but didn't have much detail on what it looked and sounded like. That's changed!
- Alisha Marie Klapheke
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- Madeleine
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- Currently reading: "The Mystery of the Lost Cezanne" by M L Longworth
- Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
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There was a mass bell-ringing across the UK this morning (tho I didn't hear any!) to herald the start of the Olympics, and in Berwick on Tweed John Kenny walked through the streets playing his carnyx - yayy! Story on the BBC's website, with a lovely pic of the instrument.
Currently reading: "The Mystery of the Lost Cezanne" by M L Longworth