The Tryst

By Benjamin Parsons

An old Cornish folktale tells of the knight Kaveran and his passionate love for the beautiful Kayna. When a modern young couple, who share these legendary names, meet and fall for each other, their romance seems to replay the old story... but hidden in the past is a sinister secret, which their overpowering desire threatens to expose, with deadly supernatural consequences. Part of the collection The Green Man and Other Stories.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Benjamin Parsons
• Release date: Nov 5, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465890290

Benjamin Parsons

I am a writer and artist from the Westcountry of England now living in London. I write and illustrate stories about love, hate, ambition, revenge, beauty, and the supernatural.

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The Tryst

by Benjamin Parsons

Copyright 2023 Benjamin Parsons. First published in 2009.

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If you mention the name Joseph Lanval in certain Westcountry pubs, you’ll raise a kind of roar of approbation from the patrons of the older generation, and be regaled with reminiscences. Lanval is still remembered and talked about, and many tales circulate to this day of his exploits and adventures, though I suppose he must have died many years ago.

By profession he was a showman, conjurer, tumbler, ringmaster and general entertainer, and when he was a little past middle age took advantage of the vogue then current for historical re-enactments, and devised a sort of medieval fair that would tour the country during the summer, camp in the grounds of ruined castles or abbeys, and woo the crowds with displays of pageantry, jousting, archery and swordplay, along with quantities of traditional cider, toffee apples, ice cream, candyfloss and pasties.

Lanval knew how to delight and amaze the rabble well enough, and these little festivals were perennially popular. He would appear in many a medieval guise, sometimes a knight, sometimes a jester, and