Monthly Archives: October 2014

Doomsday, Kindle countdown deal- day 3

… Our Father, Lady, Countess-Grae, ached fretful and pensive in her bilious Ostrich Feather quilt. Her pale face was pale. She was ailing but the money spiders still fell from her breasts in herds, as tiny, multi-limbed Bilberries, they scattered … Continue reading

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… and another…

A world at our fingertips I woke from another night of deep dreams about a friend I have never met. It is odd how people can get under your skin like that and set up home in your heart. The coming … Continue reading

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Doomsday, Kindle countdown deal- day 2

As we prepare to relese the second book in the Doomsday Series: Dark Sage, a Kindle Countdown price promotion will be running from 17th August to 21st October on Amazon UK and Amazon.com forBook One of the Doomsday Triad: Doomsday: … Continue reading

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Another from the archives…

Barefoot in the snow Have you ever walked along the water’s edge in wet sand, leaving behind a transient trail of footprints that will be washed away by the sea? The image is an evocative one, though a little trite perhaps. … Continue reading

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Kindle Countdown – Doomsday: The Aetheling Thing

As we prepare to relese the second book in the Doomsday Series: Dark Sage, a Kindle Countdown price promotion will be running from 17th August to 21st October on Amazon UK and Amazon.com forBook One of the Doomsday Triad: Doomsday: … Continue reading

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From the archives…

Words matter Words matter to us. Those that are said, those that are not said. The precision of a phrase, the use of one word rather than another can make all the difference to how we feel about something or … Continue reading

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Driving forward

A busy day. The internet appears to be behaving again finally, though how long it will last is anyone’s guess… and that means I can attempt to catch up. Of course, a thumb that isn’t screaming at me to get … Continue reading

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Fallout

I read an article a friend had posted this morning, taken from The Independent. I read it with tears for many reasons and a certain amount of empathy. The piece run by the paper tells the extended story of a … Continue reading

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Notes from a small dog XLVI

I may have been sulking, the rain’s not abated, I sat by the door and just patiently waited But all day it rained and there was no surcease Then my energy burst… now I’m breaching the peace. I’ve run round … Continue reading

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Three..

With the internet still thinking it can barely raise its head from the Monday mire, a further extract from Doomsday: Dark Sage, due for a Hallowe’en release…. They said I was born of the Balefire, when the priestesses left the … Continue reading

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