Yrba’s Travels

by

Paul Gerard (a pen name)

A story from the World of Altaerna’s 12th century, filled with witchery, whores and copious amounts of impossible sex.

• Book 1 - The Town
  
  • Part 1 - Jailbreak - (Rate/Comment online)
    "You’ve got the brawn / I’ve got the brain / Let’s make lots of money" - Pet Shop Boys, Opportunities
    1. Waiting for the last sunrise
    2. Revelations
    3. Fattening the Gretel
    4. Wallwrecking
    5. Squeezing and Wrapping
    6. A New Dawn
  • Part 2 - Under Soiled Dove’s Wings - (Rate/Comment online)
    "Wild like the wind / a gypsy with a grin / from an old far-away country … " — Cat Stevens, Sweet Scarlet
    7. Asking for Old Favors and New Mishaps
    8. Free Mirca
    9. Belated Introductions
    10. Busting the Dinner
  • Part 3 - Tubs, Sponges and Soaking - (Rate/Comment online)
    "Like an angel you came / Every night when I scream … " — The Rasmus, Night After Night
    11. All Milk And No Honey In The Tub
    12. Makeover
    13. Dark of night and dark of past
    14. For a Fistful of Ooze
    15. Squeezed Dry
    16. Hands-on Research
  • Part 4 - Altars and Virgins - (Rate/Comment online)
    "And the devil in a black dress watches over / My guardian angels walks away / Life is short and love is always over in the morning" — Sisters of Mercy, Temple of Love (Extended)
    17. Early Mo(a/r)ning Ride
    18. Forest Frolics
    19. Ancient Acquaintances
    20. Breeding Training
    21. Birds Of A Feather
  • Part 5 - Gold and Blood - (Rate/Comment online)
    "I’ll take the shot, for you / I’ll be the shield for you… " — The Rasmus, Shot
    22. Getting A Grip, On Boobs And Otherwise
    23. Beaten down and a little night dancing
    24. A Paying Customer
    25. Just A Shot In The Dark (Nothing That You Can Do)
• Book 2 - The Road
  
  • Part 6 - The Road - (Rate/Comment online)
    "It ain’t right / it ain’t fair / castles fall in the sand / and we fade in the air" — Meat Loaf, Good Girls Go To Heaven
    26. Aftermath and Heritage
    27. A Very Wet Farewell
    28. The Chain Mail
    29. Misunderestimated
    30. Eye in the sky
    31. The bigger they are
  • Part 7 - Among Wolves - (Rate/Comment online)
    "Look around / leaves are brown / and the sky / is a hazy shade of winter" — Simon & Garfunkel, Hazy Shade Of Winter
    32. The Accident
    33. Winter’s Hazy Shades
    34. An Unexpected Guest
    35. Two For The Price Of One
  • Part 8 - The Living Cauldron - (Rate/Comment online)
    "Lying naked here in the shrine of your embrace / We touch the burning cauldron to your angel face" — Rick Springfield, Tear It All Down
    36. A Dream Of Cows
    37. Yrba’s Share
    38. The Witch’s Promise
    39. Hibernation’s End
    40. Spring’s Brew
    41. Ripening
    42. Harvesting
  • Part 9 - The Tower - (Rate/Comment online)
    "Do you believe? / Don’t you trust me. / Me wise magic." — Van Halen, Me Wise Magic
    43. The Pupil Becomes The Teacher
    44. An Unfriendly Welcome
    45. Nightmare
    46. Unwelcome Answers
    47. The Deal With The Devil
    48. The Demise
• Book 3 - The Queen
  
  • Part 10 - Accidental Ascension - (Rate/Comment online)
    "You stretched for the stars / And you know how it feels / To reach too high / Too far / Too soon" — The Waterboys, The Whole Of The Moon
    49. Not Quite There Yet
    50. Blonde At The Gates
    51. The Palace
    52. Starting Over
    53. Under The Cloth
    54. Unexpected Decisions
    55. Everything’s Swell (-ing)
    56. Flying Visit For A Tongue-Lashing
  • Part 11 - Oil to the Flames - (Please pick "Rate me - Yrba's Travels Pt. 11" from the list)
    "And the high ideals and the promise / You once dressed the future in / Are dancing in the embers with the wind" — Jackson Browne, Black and White
    57. More Fun And Fro-Licking
    58. The Priest’s Staff
    59. Return Of The Witch
    60. Helping Hands
    61. Edges And Shards
  • Part 12 - Eruption
    "We have come too far / and we’ve got the scars / and we are never going back into the shadows again" — Melissa Etheridge, Giant

Combined PDF file - available after the series ends

Revision of 2009-08-13: Parts 6 and up re-split to avoid overlong parts. Part 1 re-formatted with chapter marks.
Revision of 2009-10-08: Introduced chapter titles and chapter numbers
Revision of 2009-10-25: Fixed chapter numbers of pt. 10 and up. Darn bonus chapter...
Revision of 2009-10-26: Added theme songs to this chapter overview.
Revision of 2009-11-15: Rewrote summary of pt. 6, fixed error in pt. 10 ("evening wind" in ch.50 should’ve been "morning wind").