Melinda included me in the three quote challenge, to post a quote every day for three days. This is the third and final day and, as Stuart and I are in the process of publishing ‘Scions of Albion’, I thought it appropriate to quote from the new book…

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The other thing to emphasise here is that Brean Down is now peopled with goats.

“Shouldn’t that be animated by goats?” says Wen.
“No, not really, they are definitely people wearing goat skins.”
“Ahem,” says Wen and laughs. “Do you think that is where the story tellers of old got the notion of bird and animal skins from in their fairy stories?”
“Metempsychosis – the soul beyond time… It may well have come from such a sentiment, perhaps, or vice-versa but it is not just prevalent in fairy tales, it’s in the mythological cycles too.”
“Which later became fairy tales…and there are ravens too.”
“There are ravens too, lots of them, which all in all makes for a very special and magical place.”
“Very special and magical,” agrees Wen. “I knew it would be when we exited the church at the foot of Brent Knoll to find a deer wandering about in the lane.”
“You know I’d quite forgotten about that. So many incredible things happen these days that I am becoming quite blasé about the most extraordinary things.”

Metempsychosis?