title: The Bright Lady and the Astral Wind: EXPLICATIO PARANORMALORVM - An explication of the paranormal
author: James Dunning
description: James Dunning, a writer of old Southern stock, has lived in Georgia and in five other states, and in Europe. He studied psychology, languages and linguistics, later receiving a doctorate in pharmaceutical research. He separated from military service in West Germany, remaining in Europe for years. He started work at age 12, and worked subsequently as a soldier, teacher, translator / interpreter, pharma researcher, archivist, administrator, editor, and a consultant. He speaks German, Russian, some Welsh, Modern Greek and Armenian, and odd fragments of other languages. The author has contributed Tolkien commentary to Beyond Bree (USA), Lembas (NL), Walking Tree Press (CH), and Parma Nol. As an illustrator he operated the website Dolmen Tree Art (www.dolmentreeart.com, now www.dolmentree.com) and was awarded the 2006 - 2007 Heren Istarion Imperishable Flame Award of the NE Tolkien Society for Tolkien-inspired creation. His art was featured in Beyond Brees 2011 Tolkien Calendar. He provided illustrations for Mark T. Hookers books A Tolkienian Mathomium and The Hobbitonian. He also plays Irish / Celtic music for passion, fun and profit. His 1980s Irish band Blackwater was immortalized by the late, great fantasy writer Tom Deitz in Fireshapers Doom. The Bright Lady and the Astral Wind is his first original imaginative tale in print and he also illustrated its cover. Today he lives a few miles outside Atlanta in a labyrinthine library cleverly disguised as a small house.
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  Into the Paranormal World: After a master vampire’s evening meditation is
  interrupted, he discovers his well-ordered life quickly begins to unravel.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Master vampire Krispin Stearling has led his coven for over one-hundred-fifty
  years. Ruling his people while running a successful hotel and bar—which
  affords the vampires a safe, discreet place to search for donors—creates a
  great deal of stress. Krispin finds refuge on his rooftop garden and meditates
  there often. Imagine his surprise when his beloved literally falls out of the
  sky, taking out a swatch of bushes with him. After Krispin drives away his
  beloved’s attacker, he takes him to his suite and ensures he’s well cared for.
  He learns his name is Washington, and he’s a tracker for the nearby
  Aerasceatle clutch. The gargoyle who’d injured him is a rogue he’s been
  tracking. While Wash admits to wanting to pursue his bond with Krispin, he has
  reservations. Wash’s clutch recently gained a new chieftain, a new inn