Troubled Sleep

Shortly after settling down to sleep a few nights ago I awoke abruptly. Despite the disadvantages of fatigue, I was grateful to be awakened by the first burst of inspiration that has come since my return to the States over a month ago. My notes contain the following:

Mid-knights come at midnight. Wagon draped in dark purple, faces veiled, horse has blinders.

None of that means anything to you, unless of course, you have somehow acquired the ability to read my mind and I congratulate you, otherwise you might be a tad confused. This sentence and it's accompanying fragment are ideas for the slowly developing concept of "Nightwatch at Wisilworthe Castle." NWC is a short novel that I have been developing in my mind for quite sometimes. It's beauty is that the narrative is open and gives plenty of space to experiment as well as develop. I have chosen this as my first attempt for many reasons, which may be discussed later.

Good Knight...