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The Initiate…

* I dream of light-flowers erupting from hilltops and wake up feeling refreshed and looking forward to our planned trip to the Uffington hill carving and Wayland’s Smithy despite the gloomy weather. I cannot really blame Wen for this one … Continue reading

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Noir Nights… Stuart France

* Happiness is a suspect word… An unsound concept… A dodgy character… I know because I subjected him to surveillance… …Sneaky? Perhaps, but now I know. * Happiness is actually a freak: a chance occurrence… …A beneficial whim of the … Continue reading

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Solstice of the Moon: A Last Adventure II

We knew the story. Both James and Paul himself have told how it was found, when Paul and his brother, exploring the moors as children, had come upon the strange passageway…and how the smaller of the brothers had been ‘encouraged’ … Continue reading

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An Imperious Impulse: Shadow Lands…

* … “You must guard against your propensity to act foolishly, Coyote,” said Death Spirit. “Yes,yes,” said Coyote, “I will do just as you say, as always.” “Very well,” said Death Spirit, “you will travel for five days and cross … Continue reading

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…Red.

* … When the Fenians had risen and come out the following morning, Fin approached Brown, Black and Grey and said, “Do you have anything to relate from the watch last night.” So, the three newcomers told their respective stories … Continue reading

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An Imperious Impulse: Lodge of the Dead…

* …It happened that Coyote’s wife was sitting near the entrance to the Lodge of the Dead. “Sit here, next to your wife,” said Death Spirit. Coyote could not see anything. It looked to him like he was standing in … Continue reading

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Grey…

* … Now Grey set light to his brand and went out on his watch with Fin’s dog, Bran, trotting along up ahead. He came to the same house that Brown and Black had visited but looking inside he found … Continue reading

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Feeding the imagination…

“We were not Gods, but were of God, the strands of our existence not yet teased apart by Becoming, our function not yet defined.” So much for a Saturday evening… the night of the week most folk sit relaxing by … Continue reading

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Solstice of the Moon: Pure Magic

“!!!” The distinctive smell of tortured gears wafted into the car. It was not surprising. The lane we had chosen after the road closure, was not only so narrow we could not have passed an oncoming rabbit, it was also … Continue reading

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An Imperious Impulse…

  * Coyote’s wife became ill and died. Coyote was devastated and did nothing but howl for the loss of her. The Great Spirit tired of the eternal racket Coyote had set up and sent Death Spirit to calm him. … Continue reading

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