Tag Archives: Don and Wen

Parsley and Partiality II… Stuart France

* “Before we solve that particular problem,” says Wen, warming to her theme, “I’d like to spend some time considering the craving motif.” “It is not particularly overt in the Grimm version. I even thought about including it as a … Continue reading

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Point of view

For Colleen’s tanka challenge …And then we come across the church. Cue mass excitement as we take in all the Giants, which appear to sprout from every orifice… The body of the church you see is an education in itself. … Continue reading

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The Moons of Mountain Ana IX… Stuart France

* “So when do I get that drink you owe me?” “Soon…” * The warmth of silence as she threads the eye of a needle. * “I like your owl.” “It’s Minoan.” * Continue reading here

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The Moons of Mountain Ana VIII… Stuart France

* Gemma’s warmth as she links my arm and the world stops screaming… * You are an island dark with life; A swan-hatched dream, taking flight; A blue-shot cormorant, nestled in night. * Continue reading here

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The Moons of Mountain Ana VII… Stuart France

* Becky is beautiful but kind and cruel, in turns.  * Her eyes flash when I call her a vamp, and when I bad mouth her boyfriend.  “You make me laugh,” she says, “can I kill you?”  * She has … Continue reading

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The Moons of Mountain Ana VI… Stuart France

* In sleep I strike a Centaur dead… * The blow reverberates in my head… Continue reading here

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The Moons of Mountain Ana V… Stuart France

* Regardless of content, our most intense moments have a habit of assuming ritual clarity. Together, the figures our characters cut are colourful, and bright, and amusing; the wheel-spinning white car which your mother read about in my story, or … Continue reading

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The Moons of Mountain Ana IV… Stuart France

* With almost perfect symmetry little Josh wants to take some flowers back to Mum. *  He plucks from the two Laburnum grown together over a garden gate; harmonious estate, or the strain of embrace, stretching… to cleave ? The … Continue reading

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The Moons of Mountain Ana III… Stuart France

* Becky’s sulk face is adamant with indignation. If she only knew how perilous it is to neglect the young. * …Our roles are reversed for the tale of mum and dad and a kitchen knife, which Fiona tells in … Continue reading

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The Moons of Mountain Ana II… Stuart France

* When Gramps turned up wearing Nancy’s gold ring, Jenny thought it was a hoot. * Her hoot face is for the moment still. Continue reading here

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