Au-delà: un.
I have stated before on numerous occasions that I am sort of a writer. Of course, I write in Polish. I have actually written an entire book, called “The Spy”. I sent it to the publishers, but I haven’t heard back. Doesn’t mean I’m gonna stop trying.
But, besides “The Spy”, I’ve written other things. Short stories, mostly. I used to write fan fiction (mostly for Harry Potter verse and tv shows), but not anymore. Recently, I was greatly inspired by Arthurian legends. Actually, I’m sort of obsessed with all the things Arthur. I have read the real, medieval stories about Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. I have read the more recent tales, too. And watched. I usually find them a little pitiful. “It wasn’t like that!” is what my mind’s saying all the time. But in fact, the medieval stories are so vague and there are so many of them… I cannot possibly know them all. And I have to admit, I have read all Chrétien de Troyes, but the Lancelot-Grail cycle? Only fragments. And the summarized version. (I mean, really, people, it’s like nine volumes about Lancelot alone!)
Anyway, I’ve been greatly inspired by the tale. And, besides reading and watching things about it, I also took the liberty to write about it. My stories are an attempt to catch the moment, to paint the plastic, vivid scene, an image, before my readers’ eyes. I don’t know if I succeeded. The stories in Polish were not widely commented, I think because they are so short. They also represent my efforts to be better at describing things. I am the action sort of writer, there’s always something happening in my works. I also do some quite good dialogues, or so I’ve been told. But I need practice in descriptions, all sorts of them. And so, this text, and the others from my Arthurian cycle, are the result of my love for the Arthurian legends combined with my desire to be a better writer. They’re all very short, though this one is so far the shortest.
I translated this text on my own, no one has beta read it, so it’s very possible that it contains a lot of mistakes and errors. I’ll be very grateful if you could point them out to me, so I could correct them. Also, for the curiosity’s sake, you can read the original.
Here we go. Enjoy, I hope.
