by Sariah Skye
That’s where I took a bit of creative license; in many theories about the grail, it was described as being healing, life-preserving… and so is the supposed, mystical isle of Avalon. Many of the legends revolving around King Arthur state that he was searching for this grail himself… it’s not a far leap to figure out where I gathered the idea from and how I twisted it around for my own literary gain. (**laughs evilly**)
Now I have been to the museum, but years ago. It’s different now, and I don’t really remember it. If I messed up the layout, or anything—my apologies. But the general facts about it, and the area—that we can prove—are basically true to my knowledge. Alexandria is an actual town in Minnesota, the museum is quite real.
A documentary I watched from 2009 on the History Channel called The Holy Grail in America (produced and written by two Minnesotans) sort of inspired the idea of connecting this stone and using it for the purpose of furthering ahead this story and helping to link all of this Camelot/Arthur/etc stuff to Minnesota. Because, really—why else would so many supernaturals be here?! I have no idea how true everything is in the documentary, but it was interesting nonetheless and gave me a great idea.
The documentary is shown in limited rotation on the History Channel still, but it is purchasable at Amazon and other retailers.
For more information on the Kensington Runestone, its lore, or Alexandria, please visit the following websites:
https://www.runestonemuseum.org/runestone/
http://www.thekensingtonrunestone.com
https://alexandriamn.city
Pronunciation Key
Alexandria- “Alex-an-dree-uh”
Sauk Centre- “Sock Center” (I’m serious)
Osakis- “Oh-say-kiss”
Sartell- “Sar-tell” (self-explanatory but you’d be surprised how many people mess it up)
St. Cloud- (Saint Clow-d… again you’d think it was easy… but…)
Rhys (aka Merlin)- “Riss” (rhymes with piss—his words not mine)
About the Author
Sariah Skye physically resides with her family in southern Minnesota but mentally everyone is pretty sure she’s from Uranus (stop it…don’t go there). She’s a typical quirky Aquarian that swears too much, loves wine, shiny objects, and hates sarcasm and never, ever uses it.
She doesn’t take herself too seriously and neither should you, except for the books. Those you should take seriously. Except for on the off-chance they’re funny, then you should laugh.
When not being obnoxious or strange… she’s probably dead. Because she’s always those things. But in addition she also loves Star Trek, Doctor Who, ‘90s reruns, listening to music and claims to be Imagine Dragons’ biggest fan (a legend in her own mind. The members of Imagine Dragons claim no knowledge of such fan. They’ve clearly been brainwashed).
In addition to all this oddity she’s an unprofessional obsessive fangirl, loves reading, hates anything domestic, and loves her pretty pink straitjacket. Oh, and she loves to chat with her unwilling kidnappees—err, “fans”, online at various places, like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram .Or drop her an email at [email protected] or private message her on Facebook.
She also has a private group called the Shenaniganators for anyone who might possibly want to follow her works, progress or just share a silly meme war (though she really doesn’t understand why anyone is there, she loves them all nevertheless). If you want to join, you’re more than welcome: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1181871955189542
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Also by Sariah Skye
The Curse of Avalon
Invisible
Inevitable
Insatiable
Invincible (late summer/early fall 2018)
The Fated Saga
Fated Souls
Fated Magic
Fated Hope
Fated Fury (fall/winter 2018)
Contemporary Romances as Lizzie Fox
Be Yours Trilogy
Be Your Downfall (fall/winter 2018)
Be Your Savior (fall/winter 2018)
Be Your Everything (winter 2018)
All release dates subject to change