Category Archives: fantasy

Shades of the Golden Age…

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Sue Vincent

As a child, I loved the old movies of the swashbuckling variety. Even then, I knew the stories were not real and the history likely to be wildly innaccurate. Romance and adventure did not wait behind every tree. Magic, though, … Continue reading →

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‘Pictures from and Exhibition’ from Tallis Steelyard… now available on Kindle

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Now available on Amazon UK and Amazon.com

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Pictures from an Exhibition blog tour with Tallis Steelyard – Partannese Promenade

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I suspect that future amateur cultural historians (I cannot conceive of a society so wastrel that it would pay historians whilst honest poets go hungry) will ponder long over the various influences on Port Naain. Now ask anybody in Port … Continue reading →

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Self portrait of the artist – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard… the story begins (and will continue here tomorrow…): Andeal Willnoton Quillabin is an artist; a painter admittedly but still an artist. Purely between ourselves, he’s rather a good one. If you look at one of his … Continue reading →

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Childhood fantasy

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

He’s right… by the time you reach an age with double figures, fairy stories are for babies… and you are no longer a babe. In just the same way that we cease admitting to the guilty affection for the music … Continue reading →

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Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore – Author Update – Lyn Horner, Mae Clair, Colleen Chesebro, Annika Perry, Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes.

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Smorgasbord: Welcome to Friday’s author update with new releases and recent reviews from authors in the Cafe and Bookstore. If you have news and are on the shelves then please let me know by emailing me sally.cronin@moyhill.com Visit … Continue reading →

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Fine fresh apples – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: It has to be said that I’m rather partial to a nice crisp apple. The area around Port Naain is quite good from them, northerly but not too northerly, and the weather is quite bracing which … Continue reading →

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The Estuary Road – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: I can remember my first sight of the estuary road. It’s a short length of cobbled road, the cobbles laid between timbers and the timbers held in place by great piles driven into the mud. There’s … Continue reading →

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Book Launch! Tallis Steelyard and the sedan chair caper – Jim Webster #Kindle

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Port Naain has a long and convoluted history with the noble sport of sedan chair racing. Doubtless there are more tales to be told than are suitable in mixed company… but if anyone can tell them, it is Tallis Steelyard. … Continue reading →

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Deep Waters… a tale from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: As you know, I shun controversy and do my best to live a quiet life. But I feel that I must take a stand over a painting by my good friend Housewater. I was not merely … Continue reading →

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