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Solstice of the Moon: Tales of the Unexpected

Sadly, it was to be our last night in Scotland. We had found a place to stay just outside Pitlochry. The next morning we would begin the long drive to our next rendezvous… a meeting with a friend in Yorkshire. … Continue reading

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Bridle Rock…

The Bamburgh Beast * … The Great Stone in the ballad is known as Spindleston Heugh(s), and is a dolerite crag on the Whin Sill (‘Dark Flat’) escarpment in the parish of Easington. * The Spindle Stone is a natural … Continue reading

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The Shreiking Womb: Binding

* …Deirdru didn’t pine long for soon after that Neesh was out alone on the ramparts of Emain.   Deirdru slipped outside and passed him by. “Why, that’s a fine heifer going past,” said Neesh.   “The heifers grow well … Continue reading

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Dear Wen: ‘Molten-Minds’…

Dear Wen, There is no good reason why straight line thinking should be in charge, it is not only vacuum’s that nature abhors, and as anyone who served in the Roman (Acch phut!) Army will attest, marching in straight lines … Continue reading

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Dear Wen: ‘Old-Man-Young’…

Dear Wen One really cannot expect the authorities to know aught of these things, they lack imagination and insight. It strikes me that the ‘Stepping Stones’ and the ‘Sleeping Giant’ weekend may also have been the occasion of ‘Young James’? … Continue reading

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Dear Don: Continental Drift…

Dear… Donsta? Okaaay… One wonders if you are quite well? The Black Beast points out that one could even read a note of affection into your comment about the Black Lake… and asks if you might be in need of … Continue reading

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Dear Wen: Continental Drift…

Dear Wen, So, our ‘Oirish’ trip turned out to be very different, and not at all what we were anticipating… Still, at least we got to see Dublin, albeit briefly, although, I cannot help thinking that the ‘Black Lake’ would … Continue reading

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Dragon Spawn… Stuart France

* … And so the Blessed Isle of Britain flourished with sumptuous buildings and courageous and valiant Knights. The land was replenished with cities, and divided into shires and counties… * The City of Coventry was the place where the … Continue reading

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In conversation with G. Michael Vasey #podcast

Author G. Michael Vasey invited me over to be his guest on his podcast, to talk about how we can connect with the living energies of the land and the events that led to Stuart France and I writing The … Continue reading

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IndieAni Bones and the Chambered Tomb

If I thought the first part of the adventure had taken ages, the next bit seemed to take even longer. She says it didn’t, and that I was just getting a bit excited… but I don’t know so much. The … Continue reading

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