Prologue

“The Chronicles of Ballard” is a little experiment using social media, in particular micro-blogs, to tell an adventure story. It is a tale of a fearless man named Ballard who goes on a quest for riches, fantastical creatures and enchanted lands.

This site is an archive of Ballard’s tales where you can start from the very beginning or from any chapter. You can follow Ballard’s day-to-day rambles through Twitter (if you don’t have Twitter you can subscribe to Ballard’s posts with this RSS feed).

Okay, now what?

• Start from the Beginning of Ballard’s adventure
• Start from a short story: The Kurukaka Islands
• Ballard’s Twitter
• Ballard’s RSS feed (for those who don’t have Twitter)

Just walked past Wizard Idol auditions. No joke.

Arm wrestled a Mer-man… and lost.

Can tuck my beard in my belt now

Wizards have it all: magic, fancy hats and a giant stick. They don’t even have to wear pants.

There’s a dead cow in the middle of the road… #bbq

No ma’am. Just because I let my facial hair go doesn’t mean you can use it as a mop.

SPRING BREAKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Found some eggshell in me beard lol

Woke up with an icicle on me nose.

Could’ve sworn it was only January yesterday.