Category Archives: albion

Songs of the Stone: Talon and Beak…

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Now, one day the Leinster men were gathering together on their Game-Plain in order to take sport. “Those ravens are making a terrible cackle over there,” said one. “They have been cawing at each other like that for a … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Stone: Bristle and Grunt…

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

  * Said Keiron-the-Holy to the Ogham Stone of Fergus… “A question, O Fergus Mc Roy, what was the cause of, ‘The Ulster Raid’. Some say it was the curse of two friends deprived of their friendship by the wiles … Continue reading →

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Exotic #midnighthaiku

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Exotic dancer Glimpse of faraway beauties Lost so far from home The cork tree in Gosforth churchyard was planted in 1833, and is thought to be the most northerly in Europe. It was an unusual find when we visited the … Continue reading →

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Wolf…

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …I followed Kraas’s footfalls as she walked towards the stone. Just then the moon appeared in the sky overhead and shone its half light directly onto the figure before us. Out shot a scrawny claw which grasped and held … Continue reading →

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King Vortigern’s Tower…

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* “…Before Merlin was a soothsayer he was a miraculous child who solved the mystery of Vortigern’s Tower.” “What mystery was that?” “Every time the tower was raised by Vortigern’s men the hill upon which it was built shook and … Continue reading →

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Incipit…

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …‘To bring something back into the world that was lost,’ she had said as a prelude to adventure. ‘Kraas’ “We’ll be in touch,” she had said, before drifting into the twilight at adventure’s end… That was three months ago. … Continue reading →

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High Mythology…

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

For those readers interested in Mythology there are a couple of books published under the Silent Eye Press banner which it would be foolish to be unaware of. The first is the cycle of Egyptian Myths re-envisioned by Sue Vincent … Continue reading →

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Stars and Stones…

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* No rock – no base, But just an all-consuming-Hell, Or – empty space. * Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Cusp of the Moon: young lion…

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …It was not long before Aggafdu, Prince of Annwn, got to hear about the marvellous sun shoes of Sow Hill: “You must bring me a pair of blue and gold shoes from the master cobblers of Sow Hill,” he … Continue reading →

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The Yoke of all Craft…

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

*** …The torchbearers hurriedly re-lit the torches of Dun Culhwch. “Why, a veritable master of all the crafts we have here, it would seem,” said Big Chief Hawthorn, “but let a seat be brought for this man who has asked … Continue reading →

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