Tag Archives: adventure

A book by its cover

I couldn’t sleep. The outline of a story kept rolling around in my mind. This is unusual; ideas, yes…. those are incessant. Phrases that contain a story or a concept …but an actual, fictional story, start, middle and finish… that’s … Continue reading

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Two dawns

I watched the sun rise twice this morning. The brilliant golden disc crested the horizon as I drove, wishing for the camera and watching as the clear blue of a winter morning blushed to the softest peach. The sun rose … Continue reading

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Changelings into the Mist by Katie Sullivan

Changelings. They were the descendants of Man and Fae. They walked between worlds – as healers, mystics, even kings – but no more. He thought he was the last, alone and lost, until the day he saw them. Irish teens … Continue reading

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Wet dog

So we ended the evening soaking wet… and by we, I mean the dog, the bathroom and me. It had to be done, but of course, you’ll have gathered by now that Ani doesn’t like the bath. Not one little … Continue reading

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Doomsday, Kindle countdown deal- Final Day

The huts are gone. The green lawn beside the stream holds only an echo of their fallen carcasses. Their fires sleep forever in shadow. Voices whisper only in the wind. Stones line the way, guiding reluctant feet towards the hidden … Continue reading

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Doomsday, Kindle countdown deal- day 4

…Ben grimaces painfully as he considers my latest work of art. “There are two spears,” he says rather dismissively. “Yep, well spotted, there are indeed two spears.” “Is there a particular reason?” “There is” “Would you care to elucidate?” “The … Continue reading

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Doomsday, Kindle countdown deal- day 3

… Our Father, Lady, Countess-Grae, ached fretful and pensive in her bilious Ostrich Feather quilt. Her pale face was pale. She was ailing but the money spiders still fell from her breasts in herds, as tiny, multi-limbed Bilberries, they scattered … Continue reading

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Doomsday, Kindle countdown deal- day 2

As we prepare to relese the second book in the Doomsday Series: Dark Sage, a Kindle Countdown price promotion will be running from 17th August to 21st October on Amazon UK and Amazon.com forBook One of the Doomsday Triad: Doomsday: … Continue reading

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Another from the archives…

Barefoot in the snow Have you ever walked along the water’s edge in wet sand, leaving behind a transient trail of footprints that will be washed away by the sea? The image is an evocative one, though a little trite perhaps. … Continue reading

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Sword of Destiny – Anniversary offer

While I wander the moors on which Sword of Destiny is set this weekend, the book celebrates its first year; a Kindle offer will be running for three days from 12th to 14th September. Sword of Destiny will be available … Continue reading

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