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Forever Falls… by Stuart France

* I was here When Ronald took the hot seat. I watched from afar, Appalled, When he called Diana, David And stumbled over lines which in His day of hay He would have chewed like baccy. * Continue reading here

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Something round…by Stuart France

* “How old is it?” “How old is what?” “The Turnip Lantern Tradition?” * * “It is truly ancient.” “That is good.” “There appear to be others who agree with you.” * * “A heartening sight.” * Continue reading here

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Something bidden… by Stuart France

* “Who said their ‘Gods’ had to be exotic anyway?” “?” “I mean, the anthropologists have written tome after tome evidencing our ‘own High God’s’ development from the ‘lowly’ corn spirit.” * * “‘Good’ originally, meant ‘good to eat’.” “From … Continue reading

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Something found… by Stuart France

* Platforms of such a height… * * Continue reading here

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Something hidden…by Stuart France

* Between outer form… * * Continue reading here

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‘Still raining, still dreaming’… by Stuart France

* …That night Jed’s ‘derelict’ appears in the bed-room enveloped in an aura of light. He slowly crouches and whispers in my ear: ” ‘E cummin outta dem bushes shinin’, ‘e shinin’ like sum black buff sun. * ‘E donna … Continue reading

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Samildanach…by Stuart France

* …The torchbearers hurriedly re-lit the torches of Dun Culhwch. “Why, a veritable master of all the crafts we have here, it would seem,” said Big Chief Hawthorn, “but let a seat be brought for this man who has asked … Continue reading

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Time before…by Stuart France

* Time before and time after… * * After the restless craving for earth… Continue reading here

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Earth’s Ore… by Stuart France

* “Oh, and Bilbo, if you should, in fact, find a live Dragon down there, don’t waken it.” The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. * * Some are called… The Dragon speaks. Some are taken… The Dragon sleeps. * * … Continue reading

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Lair of the Black Shade… by Stuart France

* …A flutter of recognition flicked across his gaze. “What is it?” Asked Wen, her icy tone slicing through the summer haze like a frosty stare. “There’s an old lay, I can’t quite remember how it goes…” “Try!” * * … Continue reading

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