Category Archives: Books

Year of the Pig…

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Stuart France

Image – Sue Vincent * The device of riddling is common to most traditional cultures. Maidens set riddles for their suitors: ‘What is sweeter than mead…?’ ‘What is whiter than snow…?’ ‘What is lighter than a spark…?’ * Antagonists use … Continue reading →

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Walking with grief…

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Stuart France

Image – Sue Vincent * ‘I cried like some grandmother, I wanted to tear my teeth out, I didn’t know what I wanted to do.’ – Walter E.Kurtz, Apocalypse Now. * The ‘Good Colonel’ is here reacting to a particularly … Continue reading →

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Petals of the Rose

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Petals of the Rose Guided Journeys Sue Vincent A collection of guided meditations, designed to open aspects of the personality in as gentle and natural way as the petals of the rose open at the touch of the sun. Each … Continue reading →

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A Rebellious Streak…

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Stuart France

Sir Toby Belcher * Rudy Trudy… No puddin’… No pie… Jabbed… The plebs… And made them… Cry… When the truckers… Came to play… Rudy Trudy… Ran away! * The now slightly portly figure of Sir Toby paced the church hall … Continue reading →

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A Pen and the Swords

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Sue – a photograph taken during her ‘Swords Phase’ *** February 6th, 2013… Some time around half past one this morning I dried my eyes and placed the final full stop at the end of the manuscript. The characters came … Continue reading →

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Mister Fox: Winter’s Tail…

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Where is Mister Fox? The night howls in triumph… pale eyes watch from the shadows… It is the night of the Hunter’s Moon and the dancing ground should be alive with flame as the Foxes dance in the dark. But … Continue reading →

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Mister Fox and The Green Man…

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Sue Vincent

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…And the Green Man

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Sue Vincent

* …If Tee’s study was the hub of intelligence, then Miss Hunnyfludd’s office, which comprised no more than a hastily compromised ante-chamber to its plush superior, was the heart… Thomas Welch was currently making himself at home in the heart … Continue reading →

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Mister Fox…

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Sue Vincent

* The Grand-Father Clock, tock…tock…tocked reassuringly in the corner of the oak-panelled study. Through the window to one side the ancient time piece’s Big Brother could be discerned dominating the metropolitan sky-line… Tee was willfully oblivious of the time. He … Continue reading →

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Big Chants…

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Stuart France

‘OM’ *** ‘Once, when the Gods and Demons, both children of Prajapti, arrayed themselves against each other, the Gods got hold of a Big Chant. With this we will overpower them, they thought. They venerated the Big Chant as the … Continue reading →

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