Domus Exsulis: A Lamia’s Bedchamber
by Nin Harris on Sep.17, 2006, under Domus Exsulis
On the third floor of Domus Exsulis, you enter what seems to be a bedroom, but is revealed to be a grotto, with a pool covered in mosaic, moss and mould. Coiled up within the murky green waters is a beautiful woman, half covered in serpentine scales. As you approach her, she sinuously transfigures herself into a snake with a human face.
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Domus Exsulis: The House of Exiles
Welcome to Domus Exsulis, an online hypertextual storytelling web that has been continuously woven and re-woven since 1997 by Nin Harris. The storytelling process has been made as organic as possible so that the reader may have a feel of being within a shifting textual amphitheatre. You may enjoy the stories out of sequence or, consult the Preface for New Exiles and the Guide to Lumen Procellae to read the stories within a more conventional sequence.
There are currently two writing projects set on Domus Exsulis to look forward to: the novel, Watermaidens as well as the projected digital chapbook, The Caretaker's Tale & The Dragon Who Thought She Was a Tree: Two Novellas . The chapbook will be released in various ebook formats in 2011. Stay tuned for more details if you're keen on unearthing the fictive mysteries surrounding this world!
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June 17th, 2009 on 5:51 pm
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